Saturday’s results in Challenger Tour: Edmund wins his 5th crown, maiden title for Tepavac

Busan, South Korea, $100,000+H (Outdoor Hard) :

Just like in Taipei 7 days ago, it will be Konstantin Kravchuk vs Daniel Evans in Challenger final, this time in Busan. Kravchuk, who played in already his 5th Challenger semi-final this season, scored a hard-fought victory against Grega Zemlja, by 6-4 7-5. Zemlja had great percentages behind his first serve, but the trouble was his second, winning only 37% of it. Kravchuk kept his second serve better and he also saved 4 out of 5 break points, with 3 breaks of his own. The Russian was the first to face some troubles on serve, saving 2 break points in game 6 and he finally gets the chance on return in game 9, converting the 4th break point to take the set on own serve in the next game. Outside that one poor game, Zemlja was very solid in his games, and he built a 5-2 lead in the second set after stealing Russian’s serve in game 4. Slovenian wasted set point in game 9 and Kravchuk was back on the scoreboard with a break, leveling the score at 5-5 after that. This broke the Zemlja’s rhythm completely, and he lost his serve at love in game 11, leaving Kravchuk to serve for the match. He manages to hold and seal the match on 5th match point to reach his 8th Challenger final.There, he will try to be more fortunate than the last week, as he will face Daniel Evans for the second time in 7 days. In-form Brit entered Top 100 and he will play in back-to-back Challenger finals for the first time since August 2013. Evans ousted 2nd seed John Millman 6-3 6-3 in just 72 minutes, saving all 4 break points and …

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