Garin Glorious In Rio de Janeiro!

Ten months ago, Cristian Garin didn't own an ATP Tour trophy. Just more than a year ago, he had never reached a tour-level final.

But after beating Italian qualifier Gianluca Mager 7-6(3), 7-5 on Sunday in a physical battle to win the Rio Open presented by Claro, Garin is a four-time ATP Tour titlist. The Chilean has won a personal-best nine consecutive matches after also triumphing earlier this month at the Cordoba Open in Argentina.

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With rain suspending play in both singles semi-finals on Saturday evening, Garin had to do double duty in Brazil on Sunday. He needed only four games to finish off a straight-sets victory against fifth seed Borna Coric. The third seed then returned to Quadra Guga Kuerten later in the afternoon to beat Mager in one hour and 35 minutes for the trophy.

This is Garin's first ATP 500 crown. Not only does he earn $355,530 for his victory, but an important 500 FedEx ATP Ranking points, which will propel him to a career-high No. 18 (projected) on Monday. He began the week at a career-best World No. 25.

More to come...

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