The Conception Challenger, in Chile, already has a champion. Its about Colombian Daniel Galan.
The leader of Colombian tennis and No. 121 in the ATP ranking gave an account of the Argentine Santiago Rodríguez Taverna and kept the title.
It was 6-1, 3-6 and 6-3 for the third seeded against eighth seed of the tournament that was played on brick dust and gave away $53,120 in prizes.
Galan, Olympic in Tokyo, in the semifinals he had defeated the Bolivian Hugo Dellien, No. 114 in the world, top favorite, 6-4, 2-6 and 7-6 (3).
At the age of 25, in his first Challenger final in eight months, he won his third title at this level: San Benedetto 2018 and Lima 2020 had been the previous ones.
Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (264th), at the age of 22, was playing his second final at the Challenger level, since earlier this month he was crowned champion in Buenos Aires, also on clay. Galán cut a streak of 14 wins in a row, as he closed 2021 with a title at the M25 in Río Cuarto
