Agustin Gomez caps dream run at Milan Challenger: 'I didn't expect to win'

Argentine Federico Agustin Gomez tossed his racquet in relief and raised his hands over his head. The 27-year-old had just won his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title as a qualifier in Milan.

Agustin Gomez won seven matches in as many days at the Aspria Tennis Cup, where he became the oldest first-time winner this season on the ATP Challenger Tour. A former standout at the University of Louisville, Agustin Gomez downed Romanian Filip Cristian Jianu 6-3, 6-4 in Saturday's final.

"I certainly didn’t expect to win the tournament: obviously you want to do things well, but it was also the first week with my new coach [Cesar Chiappari],” said Agustin Gomez, up 60 spots to a career-high No. 224 in the PIF ATP Rankings. “We decided to think about one match at a time, improving the details match after match."

In other ATP Challenger Tour action, Ecuadorian Alvaro Guillen Meza did not drop a set all week to win the Ibague Open in Colombia. The 21-year-old went one step further than last week’s finalist finish at the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger, racing past Argentine Facundo Mena 6-0, 6-4 in the final.

Guillen Meza, who has won nine of past 10 Challenger-level matches, moved 19 places to a career-high World No. 240 following his title run. The Guayaquil native is a two-time ATP Challenger Tour champion, having won in Lima last August.

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