{"id":286123,"date":"2025-11-15T12:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T12:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/286123\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T12:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T12:10:14","slug":"third-challenger-title-since-start-of-october-tomas-barrios-vera-keeps-charge-alive-in-montevideo-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/286123\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Challenger title since start of October? Tomas Barrios Vera keeps charge alive in Montevideo | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Challenger<br \/>\n    Third Challenger title since start of October? Barrios Vera keeps charge alive in Montevideo<\/p>\n<p>Vallejo, 21, reaches quarter-finals at Challenger 100 event<\/p>\n<p>November 13, 2025<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/barrios-vera-calich-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Tomas Barrios Vera won the Cali Challenger in October and also the Lima Challenger last week.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kia Open<\/p>\n<p>        Tomas Barrios Vera won the Cali Challenger in October and also the Lima Challenger last week.<br \/>\n        By ATP Staff<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/tomas-barrios-vera\/bs86\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tomas Barrios Vera<\/a> has enjoyed a late-season surge on the ATP Challenger Tour, boosting his chances of finishing the season inside the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings. In action this week at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/scores\/archive\/montevideo\/544\/2025\/results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Uruguay Open<\/a>, the Chilean is seeking his third Challenger title since the start of October, having triumphed in Cali, Colombia and then in Lima, Peru last week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 27-year-old cruised into the Montevideo quarter-finals on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-3 victory against local wild card <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/franco-roncadelli\/r0bt\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Franco Roncadelli<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nAt No. 110 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, Barrios Vera would have a chance of returning to the Top 100 for the first time in 21 months should he win the Montevideo crown.<\/p>\n<p>\nLast week in Lima, Barrios Vera saved five match points in a four-hour, 24-minute minute quarter-final thriller against Argentine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/juan-bautista-torres\/t0dm\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juan Bautista Torres<\/a> 7-6(2) 6-7(6) 7-6(10) en route to lifting his third Challenger trophy of the season and seventh overall.<\/p>\n<p>You May Also Like: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/watch-montevideo-challenger-2025-tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Challenger TV: Six tournaments across five continents in one week!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nIn other action, Paraguay\u2019s 21-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/adolfo-daniel-vallejo\/v0dp\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adolfo Daniel Vallejo<\/a> rallied past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/alvaro-guillen-meza\/g0dh\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alvaro Guillen Meza<\/a> 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last eight. Guillen Meza conquered top seed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/sebastian-baez\/b0bi\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sebastian Baez<\/a> in the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>\nFormer World No. 17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/cristian-garin\/gd64\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cristian Garin<\/a> beat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/alex-barrena\/b0gy\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Barrena<\/a> 6-2, 6-4 and fourth seed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/carlos-taberner\/te16\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Taberner<\/a> ousted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/zdenek-kolar\/kh56\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zdenek Kolar<\/a> 7-6(2), 6-3.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Carlos with the great escape \ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n<p>Taberner fights back from 0-5 to take the opener 7-6(2) before closing out Kolar in straight sets to reach the Montevideo QFs! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddfe<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATPChallenger?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ATPChallenger<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uruguayopen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@uruguayopen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rDNBiY8aFU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/rDNBiY8aFU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATPChallenger\/status\/1989104778451009567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 13, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Challenger Third Challenger title since start of October? 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