{"id":87716,"date":"2025-04-15T16:42:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportivo.news\/?p=87716"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:43:56","slug":"diego-dedura-palomero-becomes-first-2008-born-tennis-player-to-win-atp-tour-main-draw-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportivo.news\/index.php\/2025\/04\/15\/diego-dedura-palomero-becomes-first-2008-born-tennis-player-to-win-atp-tour-main-draw-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Dedura-Palomero becomes first 2008-born tennis player to win ATP Tour main-draw match"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Diego Dedura-Palomero lay on the clay in Munich, soaking in something he could barely put into words.<\/p>\n

The German, 17, became the first player born in 2008 to win an ATP Tour main-draw match when his opponent, Denis Shapovalov, retired with illness. Dedura-Palomero won the first set of their Munich Open match 7-6(5) and led 3-0 in the second when Shapovalov called a doctor to the court for a medical timeout.<\/p>\n

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The players then shook hands, before Dedura-Palomero roared with delight, drew a cross shape in the clay and lay down on it in celebration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had so bad luck because there were three of the four lucky losers who got in. I was the fourth one \u2026 And then Monfils pulled out, he hugged me and was so nice,\u201d he said in his post-match interview, referring to Gael Monfils, whose withdrawal from the main draw gave Dedura-Palomero his spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just can\u2019t describe in words, I\u2019m just so happy right now it\u2019s actually crazy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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You think he enjoyed that? \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n

Dedura-Palomero is in dreamland on home soil!@BMWOpen500<\/a> | #BMWOpen<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xpAm66Pe8W<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) April 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Dedura-Palomero had beaten American world No. 100 Mackenzie McDonald in the first round of qualifying, before losing 6-3, 6-3 to Alexander Bublik, the current world No. 78 who was inside the top 20 in May 2024.<\/p>\n

Dedura-Palomero is coached by his parents, Cesar Palomero and R\u016bta Dedurait\u0117-Palomero. His father is Chilean, and his mother is Lithuanian, with Dedura-Palomero being born in Berlin.<\/p>\n

He joins Grand Slam champions Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, as well as his opponent Shapovalov, to be the first player from his birth year to win an ATP Tour main-draw match.<\/p>\n

First player to win an ATP Tour main-draw match by birth year, since 1995:<\/h3>\n
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1995<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Nick Kyrgios<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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`96<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Cristian Garin<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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`97<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Alexander Zverev<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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`98<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Frances Tiafoe<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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`99<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Denis Shapovalov<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2000<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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`01<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Jannik Sinner<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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`02<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Lorenzo Musetti<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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`03<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Carlos Alcaraz<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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`04<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Stefanos Sakellaridis<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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`05<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Shang Juncheng<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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`06<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Joao Fonseca<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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`07<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Justin Engel<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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`08<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Diego Dedura-Palomero<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

He could have another second-round match with Bublik, this time in the main draw: The Kazakh plays Belgium\u2019s Zizou Bergs the evening of April 15, in his first-round match.<\/p>\n

(Photo: Alexander Hassenstein \/ Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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