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Argentine wild card Facundo Diaz Acosta captured his maiden ATP title in Buenos Aires on Sunday by defeating Nicolas Jarry, the man who had stunned Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals.
World number 87 Diaz Acosta claimed a 6-3, 6-4 victory, sealing the triumph on a sixth match point.
Before this week, 23-year-old left-hander Diaz Acosta had only won four tour-level matches in his career. He will now rise to 59 in the world.
On Saturday, Chilean world number 21 Jarry had celebrated the biggest win of his career when he knocked out second-ranked Alcaraz in straight sets.
That loss extended Alcaraz’s title drought to nine tournaments since his Wimbledon triumph last July.
Meanwhile Rain has postponed the all-American final of the ATP Delray Beach Open to Monday, when ninth-ranked Taylor Fritz will face world number 14 Tommy Paul, organisers said on Sunday.
Defending champion Fritz seeks his seventh career ATP title and hopes to become only the second player to repeat as Delray champion after Australian Jason Stoltenberg, the 1996 and 1997 winner.
Paul won his second career ATP crown last week at Dallas and could become the first American with tour-level titles in consecutive weeks since John Isner won at Newport and Atlanta in 2017.