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Villena Ch QF: Jerome Kym [8] def. Justin Engel [Q] 6-2, 7-6(5) Match Stats

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J. Kym had a commanding start to the match by staying aggressive, leaving less to no room for an erratic J. Engel back in the first set. However, the latter tried to step up in the second set, but it was insufficient for him to stay in his range as J. Kym returned earlier, marking his anticipation at best. As a result, the Swiss eighth seed converted 50% of his 4 break points while J. Engel could not create or convert his chances.

Besides, J. Kym's dominant first set also helped his firm service game in this match. Scoring 7 aces than J. Engel's 2, the Swiss eighth seed won 89% of his first serve points, while J. Engel's 4 double faults only faded his second serve winning percentage to 40%, 30% lower than J. Kym's 70% throughout the match, likely succumbed under pressure on the tie-breaker for the same reason.

To open the singles semifinals tomorrow, J. Kym's will face a resurgent fifth seed Nicolas Moreno de Alboran, who stunned fourth seed and defending champion Constant Lestienne 6-4, 6-4 in a confident fashion. While there would not be an in-between between a possible chaos and a delivering match, their offensives and point construction will also play a significant role in how either player could stand out in this match. This could be a tricky one, but who knows!

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what has been happening in the world of motorsports?

(a very long overdue summary from the past weeks under the cut)

F1 teams

Singapore presented us with some special helmets and liveries, but Red Bull posted they won’t do any of their previously planned special liveries to save weight and instead, the planned Singapore special livery was only ran on their F1 Academy car

On the other hand, Haas brought a special livery to Austin (along with special suits and probably also special helmets)

As previously communicated, GP got promoted while keeping the role of max’s race engineer (he is now also the head of racing)

VCARB replaced Daniel by Liam Lawson with an immediate effect, Helmut Marko (as per Horner’s words) wanted him out of the car around Spain already, Kym Illman said Daniel was meant to get a “key to the city” at COTA but now won’t, Zak Brown got his knickers in a twist over Daniel scoring the fastest lap of the Singapore race which effectively stopped Lando from getting his first ever career grand chelem and also helped Max in the championship (even if Lando wins everything from now on and scores all fastest laps, if Max ends up second he will still win by one point) and finally Oscar and Daniel swapped helmets as goodbye

Also it looks like Yuki and Liam might be in a shootout (sort of) these last few races to see if any of them could replace Checo

Alpine confirmed the end of their own engine supply based in Viry but the workers were assured they will all get a new offer for a new position and won’t be laid off work (Mercedes is the strongest candidate to supply them from 2026 onwards)

Funnily enough there are rumours that the Renault engine was looking pretty competitive for 2026 before the project got scraped

also they another of the teams with a special livery, this time orange like a mclaren – who on the other hand brought yet another chrome livery

James Vowles (still in delulu land) believes his “strongest lineup” on the grid will also have strongest engine since Merc seems to be ahead of their schedule for 2026, while Binotto admitted that Audi’s project will be vulnerable at the start with possibly the worst engine in 2026 (oh also james kinda hinted at fighting with Ferrari… in a Williams but ok)

As for the free seat in Sauber, it might be between Mick Schumacher and Valtteri Bottas as of right now based on the latest rumours (also Blic reported that Valtteri signed for a one year deal)

Haas got their lawsuit against Guenther Steiner dismissed

Also their contract with Toyota for technical partnership became official (interested to see if they get naming rights in the future and stuff, since they still have Ferrari engine till 2028 at least), also they signed a multi year contract with Orion 180

Alex Jacques thinks Daniel has many offers from outside of F1 including Nascar

Loic Serra and Jerome d’Ambrosio started working for Ferrari at the start of this month and Charles gave a nice interview where he hints at Ferrari being a championship contender in the next two years at the latest

Red Bull is supposed to bring new floor and front wing to COTA (but a lot of teams are planning upgrades tbh, with Merc saying that’s their final upgrade package and McLaren finally growing a pair to introduce the new floor they have been sitting on since mid-season already)

Today it broke out that they were caught cheating as they used a bib to change the ride height in parc fermé – therefore having a different set up for quali and race – and they admitted it exists but it cannot be accessed when the car is assembled and they will find a solution together with FIA to change it

After Courtenay got stolen by McLaren and instead, Red Bull made Hannah Smitz the head of strategy (good for her)

McLaren added another one to their 53 (was it 54?) sponsors, this time it is Tmobile (also they have a new sports center at the MTC)

Ferrari are allegedly trying to get some alpine workers from the failed engine project already

Merc won’t let Lewis test with Ferrari (BOOOOO) after this season as his contract states he can start officially on January 1st

Drivers and non sport news

Max Verstappen copyrighted his “simply lovely” after Zandvoort and now dropped his own merch with the phrase

Lewis will co-chair the next Met Gala along with Colman Domingo, ASAP Rocky, Pharell Williams and Anna Wintour (and honorary chair LeBron James)

Liam Lawson chose number 30 as his F1 driver number

Liam will also be greeted to F1 by getting a 10 places grid drop penalty at COTA’s sprint after getting new components outside of allocation

Checo re-confirmed (by posting a freaking meme on social media) he will be staying in the team for the rest of the season while Horner said he also has a contract for 2025 but that is uncertain as everything in the F1 world and also mentioned he may be eyeing George for the future since neither he nor Kimi have their place in Mercedes secure

Max celebrated his birthday by hiring the whole Mugello circuit to test Ferrari GT3 car

Lando posted his (overpriced) new merch, partnered with Ralph Lauren for a new fragrance, Charles stole another team sponsor to become their ambassador for some reason and Checo had an outing with Ford

Seb was a part of Blue Earth conference as a speaker

Checo and George did some nice photoshoots (I mean separate ones, not together, also Checo highkey ate it up)

It was also Charles’, Arthur’s and Kimi’s birthday

COTA will be Alex’ 100th race, so he has a special helmet design

Lewis showed the Dior collection he worked on (I will be honest it did NOT scream lewis to me?)

Did you know Haas’ team principal Komatsu loves climbing/bouldering? Now you know because as he signed the deal with Toyota (officially for press), he had clutches since he recently fell off one wall when climbing

Franco was simply his messy self and it was hilarious to watch

Charles posted the monza vlog :’)

Lewis teamed up with Bramblepeats to make vegan alternative for dog food (and let Roscoe promote it)

Yuki drove Red Bull in Red Bull Showrun in Taiwan and the car freaking caught on fire when he was doing donuts

Charles’ brother Lorenzo got engaged to his long term partner Charlotte

Gina Schumacher got married (and her father was apparently present but tbh the family owes us nothing and some people were so weird about it)

Ollie did a photoshoot with some very hot Ferrari cars

There have been rumours about George to Red Bull which were fueled by George meeting Horner and Marko during the break

(Logan is alive and well btw he apparently did some golf)

Wake up baby new landogate just dropped: he was talking down the problems drivers faced during Singapore GP, especially Mercedes boys who were excused from media duties to get medical help (yeah I get everyone struggled but let’s not get into the whole undermining heatstroke and dehydration thing please)

Lewis COULD technically sponsor himself because there are rumours Almave could appear as Ferrari’s sponsor under the Pernod Ricard umbrella

GPDA is supporting max against FIA in the whole swearing debate and George mentioned they want to set up a meeting soon to discuss this further

Ollie Bearman has a new episode on Beyond the Grid (that I have yet to hear just like the Charles one)

Oh also Lando got a new car. A Ferrari. Lol.

Lewis is publishing a short film Push Push today

Women in motorsport and junior drivers

Sophia Floersch’s documentary Racegirl won a golden dolphin award at Cannes in leisure and sports category

Chloe Chambers (Red Bull Ford) is the first confirmed driver for F1 Academy 2025 season

Formula E will hold a full female pre-season test session on 7th November in Valencia (with Bianca Bustamante confirmed to take the test for mclaren)

Zane Maloney will skip the F1 season finale in Abu Dhabi since he stepped up as FE driver for Lola Yamaha and he has the first race weekend on that date

Line ups for junior series are slowly announced with F3 so far: Louis Sharp for Rodin; Ugo Ugochuckwu, Noel Leon and Brando Badoer for Prema; Mari Boya, Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak and Roman Bilinksi for Campos; Charlie Wurz, Noah Stromsted, Rafael Camara and Emmo Fittipaldi jr for Trident; Tukka Taponen, James Wharton and Laurens Van Hoepen for ART and finally Martinius Stenshorne and Gerrard Xie for Hitech

Line ups for F2 so far: Leonardo Fornaroli for Invicta, Arvid Lindblad for Campos, Jak Crawford for DAMS (Dino is rumoured to get the Hitech seat but nothing is confirmed yet)

Felipe Drugovich will get an FP1 outing with Aston Martin in Mexico

Ella Lloyd becomes McLaren’s development driver for 2025 F1 Academy

Robin Raikkonen won his first karting championship (they grow up so fast wtf)

Isack Hadjar will take over reserve driver duties when Liam steps up into F1 in the place of Daniel

NHRA added new healthcare policy to help pregnant competitors to swap mid season

Dennis Hauger moves to Indy NXT from F2

FIA, rules and the future of the sport

Ben Sulayem’s main point of presidency is still to fight online abuse and swear words rather than the things that are actually important, so in his next quest, he repeated he wants drivers to swear less (or not at all in fact) and gave an interview where he was borderline racist

Then he slapped Max with community service penalty for saying fuck during press conference (something which Max later reacted to by giving shortest possible answers and giving his own press conference outside of official flow, he also mentioned that the drivers’ group chat is heavily discussing the matter)

Oh another thing FIA’s president is pissed off about is the British bias and the lack of credit they got for adding gravel traps to Spielberg

Pirelli is starting with the 2026 tyre testing (Aston tested them with Felipe Drugovich before Singapore and Liam Lawson did 2025 tyre testing with RB20 in Mugello)

F1 Commission wants to explore the rookie after season race but said it won’t happen this year yet, the teams agreed it would be possible in the future tho

As previously rumoured, F1 and LVMH signed a 10 year partnership deal (so Rolex out, Tag Heuer in)

FIA lost two more senior staff members: director of communications Luke Skipper and general secretary of mobility Jacob Bangsgaard (reminder that there are many that left already: FIA’s first CEO Natalie Robyn, head of FIA Women in Motorsport Commission Deborah Mayer, governance and regulatory director Pierre Ketterrer and head of commercial legal affairs Edward Floydd)

Instead they hired Alberto Villarreal as general manager and Alessandra Malhame as senior HR director

From 2025 onwards a bonus point for the fastest lap of the race will no longer be awarded (thanks lando…. Joking but also…)

Instead of 2 mandatory rookie sessions from a team (one for each car), there will be 4 of them (2 for each car)

There are rumours F1 might organize one big livery unveiling for all teams in London with tickets sold for the event (because cash is king and I don’t doubt teams also having individual launches anyway)

The prize giving ceremony should proceed in Rwanda as expected but WHO advised against it due to health concerns

FIA introduced the new F3 car, the idea is to help include female drivers (wheel will be suitable for smaller hands as well, steering should be easier) – they got feedback from Chloe Chambers

Other series

MotoGP will return to Portimao and from 2026 onwards also to India

Race of Champions will happen again in 2025 after being cancelled for this year, this time it won’t be a race on snow tho, they will move it to Australia

Mick and Seb already got confirmed for the ROC for team Germany

David Alonso won moto3 championship, Jake Hill won British Touring Car Championship and Maťo Homola won the TCR Eastern Europe Championship

Other news

Lego announced a new collaboration with Formula 1 (rather than selected teams like it was before) and it seems like every single team will be getting a set possibly

Hot Wheels (or Hotwheels?) also announced a partnership with F1 with the sets expected to come early next year

Michael Andretti stepped down at Andretti Global, while Zak Brown first got confirmed as part of the project and then resigned from Andretti Global within the same month

Felipe Massa spoke out about the financial burden of trying to get his championship back and fighting legally against F1

The thieves of Charles’ watch got sentenced from 10 to 4 years in prison

Aston Martin created ???? AiLonso which is the replica of Fernando in virtual reality that speaks and looks like him and I hated every second of writing this down and finding out it happened in the first place

Ruth Buscombe, Naomi Shiff and David Croft all got married within a month (or almost within)

There is a new segment on F1 TV called the Cooldown Room

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Kei Nishikori vs Jerome Kym | R2 Helsinki • Highlights

[iamqueenhugo]

It was a near perfect 2 year reign, but in those years I learned the value of Willingness, Excellence, Passion, Perseverance & Social Responsibility. Thank you Futurus Betera for a very big oppurtunity that I enjoyed being part of and will continue to be part of. The legacy of this group will not end here. This shall continue as long as we have people who continously believe in us. Thank you to the whole Betera Family and most especially to Nay Markie Binsol. This is QUEEN HUGO of the Bicol Region, your Manila's Five Prettiest 2017 crown keeper, now ready to say - Mission Accomplished! Congratulations to the new Queens of Betera!!! #VivaBetera #ProudBetera Maquillage by @drewgalleguez Gowns by Kym Faustino & Jerome Villanueva Heels by @nereku (at Cayetano Sports Complex) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3EAZCinp7a/?igshid=19h8bvubz67lz

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Co się dzisiaj działo? #133 13.5.2022

NHL, play-offy:

Bruins-Hurricanes 5:2 (3:3 w serii)

Lightning-Maple Leafs 4:3 po dogrywce (3:3 w serii)

Blues-Wild 5:1 (4:2 w serii, awans Blues)

Kings-Oilers 2:4 (3:3 w serii)

NBA, play-offy:

76ers-Heat 90:99 (2:4 w serii, awans Heat)

Mavericks-Suns 113:86 (3:3 w serii)

Ekstraklasa:

Cracovia-Wisła Płock 3:0

Jagiellonia-Legia 2:2

Fortuna 1 Liga: Podbeskidzie-Arka 1:1

III Liga:

GKS Przodkowo-Błękitni Stargard 4:1

Olimpia Grudziądz-Pogoń Nowe Skalmierzyce 1:0

Zawisza Bydgoszcz-KP Starogard 1:3

Mistrzostwa Świata w hokeju elity:

Francja-Słowacja 2:4

USA-Łotwa 4:1

Finlandia-Norwegia 5:0

Niemcy-Kanada 3:5

IPL: Punjab Kings (209/9, Jonny Bairstow 66, Kagiso Rabada 3/21) pokonali Royal Challengers Bangalore (155/9, Glenn Maxwell 35, Harshal Patel 4/34) 54 runami

Energa Basket Liga, play-offy: Czarni Słupsk-Śląsk Wrocław 71:81 (2:3 w serii, awans Śląska do finału)

MLB: Pirates-Reds 0:4 (13-18)

Giro d'Italia,

7 etap:

Koen Bouwman (NL)

2. Bauke Mollema (NL)

3. Davide Formolo (ITA)

128. Cesare Benedetti

generalka

Juan Pedro Lopez (ESP)

2. Lennard Kamna (GER)

3. Rein Taaramae (EST)

124. Cesare Benedetti

Challenger w Paryżu: Magdalena Fręch-Ana Bogdan 2:6 4:6

Challenger w Bordeaux: Jan Zieliński/Hugo Nys-Sadio Doumbia/Fabien Reboul 7:5 6:3

Turniej ITF w Antalyi:

Maks Kaśnikowski/Jerome Kym-Matthew Romion/Brandon Walkin 7:6(2) 6:4

Maciej Rajski-Bruno Kuzuhara 1:6 1:6

Soudal Open, 2 runda: 4. Adrian Meronk

Turniej WTA w Rzymie: Iga Świątek-Bianca Andreescu 7:6(2) 6:0

PDC European Tour w Pradze, 1 runda:

Martijn Dragt-Martin Lukeman 1:6

Scott Waites-Rowby John Rodriguez 2:6

Jose Justicia-Miloslav Navratil 6:2

Mickey Mansell-Jeffrey de Zwaan 6:4

Jules van Dongen-Brett Claydon 6:2

Ritchie Edhouse-Ondrej Plsek 6:1

Ricky Evans-Josh Rock 6:4

Jonathan Worsley-Viteslav Sedlak 4:6

Florian Hempel-Ross Smith 4:6

Martijn Kleermaker-Sebastian Białecki 6:4

Dave Chisnall-Filip Sebesta 6:0

John Henderson-Nathan Aspinall 1:6

Dennie Olde Kalter-Adam Gawlas 4:6

Ted Evetts-Adrian Lewis 3:6

Gabriel Clemens-Karel Sedlacek 3:6

Vincent van der Voort-Geert Nentjes 6:2

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No puedo darle a Jerome Kym tanto tiempo como le doy a Roger Federer

No puedo darle a Jerome Kym tanto tiempo como le doy a Roger Federer

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El entrenador Severin Luthi se ofreció a ayudar al mejor prospecto suizo Jerome Kym, pero admite que no puede darle al joven de 17 años tanto tiempo como le da 20 veces al gran campeón Slam Roger Federer.

Federer cumplirá 39 años el próximo agosto, Wawrinka cumplió 35 hace unos meses, y los suizos esperan que sus jóvenes talentos realicen su potencial y se conviertan en estrellas en el…

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J. Engel tried to step up in the second set, but the pressure points on the tie-break made the difference as this match went deeper. After 5 consecutive holds, some of which were possible servefests, J. Engel scored a notable backhand pass after an intense net exchange to hold his serves to 3-3. In the tenth game, he started with a backhand error before having to face a match point, which he saved while forcing J. Kym to err his forehand before scoring a massive hold to 5-5.

Two straight service game holds later, the tie-breaker became inevitable to determine the rest of the flow. J. Kym's +1 forehand error created the mini-break for J. Engel to 3-1, but it was also neutralized thanks to the former's forehand winner to 3-3. It took two more holds before J. Engel's backhand error generated J. Kym's match point (6-4), where even if the German qualifier's unreturned serves saved one of his match points, it was still converted over an unreturned serve for the eighth seed to take the second set 7-6(5), thus securing his spot in the semifinals.

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Jerome Kym vs Mattia Bellucci | R2 Roanne • Highlights

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Thank you so much Futurus Betera Family... i will be forever greatful for your gesture of choosing me as one of your Crown Keepers for 👑Manila's Five Prettiest 2017👑. As we relinquished our crowns, the responsibility of being a catalyst of change doesn't stop there. Instead, it is just about to start and be whoever we are with crowns in our hearts and to touch more lives. I am QUEEN HUGO👑, a proud TransContesera of the Bicolandia, saying "merci et que dieu nous bénisse tous". 💄MAQUILLAGE by @drewgalleguez 👗WARDROBE by Jerome Villanueva & Kym Faustino 👠FOOTWEAR by @nereku #iamqueenhugo #MGB2016 #MVP2017 #MissMaGAYon2019 #ProudBetera #VivaBetera #CherAmiIntlMGBinc #NationalHIVAwarenessAmbassadress #ProjectRedRibbon #LiveLoveLaughLearn #Stronger2019 #LawOfAttraction #YOLO #TheQueen #TransBicolana #iamaWoman #AcceptanceNotTolerance #YouGotToFollowWhatYouLove #LiveLifeToTheFullest #instadaily #igers #igersphilippines #igersbicol #igersnaga #igersph #igersnagacity #instagood #instapic #igph https://www.instagram.com/p/B3W0HQvnRde/?igshid=1i97qiaetmeje

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Co się dzisiaj działo? #132 12.5.2022

NHL, play-offy:

Rangers-Penguins 5:3 (2:3 w serii)

Panthers-Capitals 5:3 (3:2 w serii)

Flames-Stars 3:1 (3:2 w serii)

NBA, play-offy:

Celtics-Bucks 107:110 (2:3 w serii)

Grizzlies-Warriors 134:95 (2:3 w serii)

Turniej ITF w Nottingham:

Filip Peliwo-Charles Broom 4:6 4:6

Urszula Radwańska-Kimberley Birrell 5:7 3:6

Turniej ITF w Santa Margherita di Pula: Marco de Rossi-Daniel Bagnolini 2:6 0:6

Turniej WTA w Rzymie: Iga Świątek-białorusinka 6:4 6:1

Soudal Open, 1 runda: 4. Adrian Meronk

IPL: Mumbai Indians (103/5, Tilak Varma 34*, Daniel Sams 3/16) pokonali Chennai Super Kings (97, MS Dhoni 36*, Mukesh Choudhary 3/23) 5 wicketami

Turniej ITF w Varbergu:

Martyna Kubka-Kamilla Bartone 2:6 2:6

Martyna Kubka/Anna Siskova-Felicia Back/Elin Vilen 6:3 6:1

Turniej ITF w Antalyi:

Maks Kaśnikowski/Jerome Kym-Umut Akkoyun/Mert Ozdemir 6:2 6:2

Maciej Rajski-Andres Gabriel Ciurletti 6:4 6:0

Challenger w Zagrzebiu: Karol Drzewiecki/Alex Lawson-Mili Poljicak/Antonio Sancic 6:3 0:6 7-10

Challenger w Bordeaux: Jan Zieliński/Hugo Nys-Martin Cuevas/Pablo Cuevas 6:3 7:6(2)

Beach Pro Tour w Madrycie:

Mikołaj Miszczuk/Miłosz Kruk-Louis Laenen/Thibault Goset 21-19 21-14

Mateusz Florczyk/Filip Lejawa-Jakub Szałankiewicz/Aleksander Czachorowski 18-21 21-19 9-15

Mikołaj Miszczuk/Miłosz Kruk-Jakub Szałankiewicz/Aleksander Czachorowski 21-18 17-21 15-10

EHF Liga Mistrzów: Montpellier-Vive Kielce 28:31

PDC Premier League, 14 turniej:

ćwierćfinały

Joe Cullen-James Wade 6:0

Gary Anderson-Gerwyn Price 4:6

Michael van Gerwen-Peter Wright 6:1

Michael Smith-Jonny Clayton 6:5

pó��finały

Joe Cullen-Gerwyn Price 3:6

Michael van Gerwen-Michael Smith 6:5

finał

Gerwyn Price-Michael van Gerwen 6:5

Giro d'Italia,

6 etap:

Arnaud Demare (FRA)

2. Caleb Ewan (AUS)

3. Mark Cavendish (GBR)

22. Cesare Benedetti

generalka

Juan Pedro Lopez (ESP)

2. Lennard Kamna (GER)

3. Rein Taaramae (EST)

115. Cesare Benedetti

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Meanwhile, in Villena...

The action in the Villena Challenger kicked off with a talent-off between eighth seed Jerome Kym, who previously demolished Valentin Royer 6-1, 6-1 in an absolute masterclass second-round match, and 17-year-old qualifier Justin Engel, who knocked out second seed Luca van Assche 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 thanks to his more solid range since the second set onwards. While this match could have been fruitful depending on their aggression and point construction, to some extent, the first set turned out to be a complete contrast with the latter stepping up in the second set until the pressing moment came.

Even though J. Engel started the match with a forehand down-the-line winner 2 points in, J. Kym still held his serves to 1-0 to start this match. It took several games later before a double fault created the Swiss eighth seed's break point, which was neutralized due to an error. The second deuce was also a result of J. Kym's forehand winner, but J. Engel still held his serves to 2-2.

However, pressure started to cripple the German qualifier, where his forehand errors not only created the break point but also converted it to 4-2. J. Kym then took this advantage by holding his serves to 5-2, and an erratic service game from J. Engel only allowed the former to break for the first set 6-2, asserting a commanding start to this match.

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Mallorca Ch SF: Matteo Gigante def. Jerome Kym 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 Match Stats

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J. Kym had his chances to serve for the match once again, but M. Gigante took the opportunity to strike back as the former tried to overcome tightness, steadily shifting the moment as he got more offensive. While some shots became questioned under pressure, the Italian still nailed its construction, which helped him generating 6 break points even if J. Kym converted 100% of his only 3 chances to break, with the latter appearing to be the better player at most times until the moment he had to serve for it.

Besides, both players had distinct service game strengths throughout the match. While J. Kym scored overwhelming 13 aces, 9 more than M. Gigante's 4, the Swiss won 11% more points from his first serves with 77%, most of which secured his first-set dominance. However, his second serves became risky as he double-faulted three times, with questions surrounding its efficacy occurring toward the end of the match, where it faded 29% lower than M. Gigante's percentage with only 34%.

Interestingly, this marked M. Gigante's third Challenger final (with his previous 2 came from Tenerife 1 and 2 Challengers), where he will face fifth seed Duje Ajdukovic, who defeated qualifier Khumoyun Sultanov 6-4, 6-3 after a close match. This could be intriguing to fill the evening (local time), with their point construction and balance in general being tested. A fun one to close the week with!

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Compared to the first and second sets, the third set became a more competitive set once another element of being able to close something out is in play. To confirm this, J. Kym was ahead in the first half of the set as he casually responded to M. Gigante's drop shot with a backhand, where the latter's backhand turned out to be fired too wide to create his break point before he broke to 3-1. J. Kym then swiftly strengthened his position with a service game hold to 4-1.

Several games later, J. Kym earned the opportunity to serve for the match. Here, he faced a stiff opposition as M. Gigante started striking back, where the former's backhand error to the latter's forehand saved the Swiss' match point before his subsequent error resulted in the Italian's break of serve to 5-4. By then, M. Gigante leveled the play with another service game hold to 5-5.

Afterward, M. Gigante continued the rhythm by smashing his way for a 2-point lead after J. Kym started the eleventh game with a double fault. Ultimately, M. Gigante broke to 6-5, which opened up his opportunity to serve for the match. Conceding just one point after a rare pass from the Swiss, M. Gigante took the third set 7-5 to secure his spot in tomorrow's finals, which will be his third for the year.