Guido Pella is one of the best clay-court challenger veterans, even at just twenty-five years of age. The Argentine added his ninth Challenger title by defeating up-and-coming Spaniard Inigo Cervantes in three tough sets. As is often the case with two clay specialists, the match was rife with breaks of serve, as there were ten in total. Pella will be disappointed by the fact that he was broken five times from just five break opportunities for Cervantes. But he was able to take five breaks of his own. Cervantes looked like he might surge to the win after winning the second set by a comfortable four game margin, but was unable to maintain his form in the final set, dropping serve three times. Pella is now just three ranking places removed from his career high of seventy-three, whilst Cervantes breaks into the Top 100 for the first time. Final Score 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, Pella
The Yokohama final proved another example of a player reaching his career high ranking and breaking the Top 100. Welcome to the big time twenty-two year-old Taro Daniel. The Japanese right-hander produced a strong week by not dropping a set en route to the final. With highlight wins over the likes of Omar Jasika and Alexander Kudravytsev, his route to the title match was relatively routine. The final would be the only place where he dropped a set, the opening one in fact. Go Soeda broke his young compatriot twice in the opener, making more first serves and winning more points than his opponent. The second set changed dramatically, as Soeda was unable to win points on second serve, and losing serve three times.Daniel dropped serve the one time but the three breaks were enough to level the scores. The third set saw Daniel continue to improve his first serve winning percentage, whilst Soeda suddenly struggled in winning first serve points – down below fifty percent in that regard. The result was another trio of breaks for Daniel, who wins his third challenger title, all of them coming in 2015. Final Score 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, Daniel
