ECP Open: Damming Claims Victory After Epic Final

Dutchman Rowan Damming secured his second title of the campaign after winning a 96-minute final at the ECP Open on the Tour de las Americas.

The reigning World Junior Champion came into the Challenger 5 level competition, the last on this year’s Tour de las Americas, as the No.5 seed.

After a first-round bye, the Dutchman got his campaign underway with a straight games victory over Colombia’s Felipe Tovar. He then followed that with wins over No.3 seed Joeri Hapers, and Brazil’s Pedro Mometto to make it through to the final.

The final saw Damming take on Colombia’s Andres Herrera, the No.2 seed, and it was an epic. The pair were level after two games before the Colombian took a tight third game to move into the lead.

Herrera then had his opportunity to claim the win in the fourth game, but Damming fought back to take it 13-11. That gave him the momentum, but the fifth game also went to a tie-break as well. It would be the Dutchman that would eventually take home the title, winning the final after 96 minutes.

Results: Tour de las Americas – ECP Open
Final
[5] Rowan Damming (NED) bt [2] Andres Herrera (COL) 3-2: 6-11, 11-6, 9-11, 13-11, 12-10 (96m)

Semi-Finals
[5] Rowan Damming (NED) bt Pedro Mometto (BRA) 3-0: 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 (38m)
[2] Andres Herrera (COL) bt [4] Diego Gobbi (BRA) 3-0: 11-4, 11-1, 11-8 (35m)

Quarter Finals
Pedro Mometto (BRA) bt [1] Christopher Gordon (USA) 3-0: 11-8, 11-5, 11-7 (45m)
[5] Rowan Damming (NED) bt [3] Joeri Hapers (BEL) 3-0: 11-2, 11-6, 11-8 (42m)
[4] Diego Gobbi (BRA) bt [7] Guilherme Melo (BRA) 3-2: 11-5, 2-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9 (80m)
[2] Andres Herrera (COL) bt [6] Edgar Ramirez Bautista (COL) 3-0: 11-6, 11-2 rtd (27m)

Second Round
[1] Christopher Gordon (USA) bt Sebastian Rodriguez Rayo (COL) 3-0: 11-9, 11-2, 11-6 (34m)
Pedro Mometto (BRA) bt [8] Francesco Marcantonio (PAR) 3-0: 11-9, 11-4, 11-5 (43m)
[5] Rowan Damming (NED) bt Felipe Tovar (COL) 3-0: 11-3, 11-2, 11-9 (39m)
[3] Joeri Hapers (BEL) bt Alfredo Lopez (MEX) 3-0: 11-2, 11-6, 11-6 (25m)
[4] Diego Gobbi (BRA) bt Vitor Vieira (BRA) 3-0: 11-3, 11-3, 11-2 (25m)
[7] Guilherme Melo (BRA) bt Junior Christovam (BRA) 3-0: 11-4, 11-6, 14-12 (29m)
[6] Edgar Ramirez Bautista (COL) bt Santiago Orozco (COL) 3-1: 7-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 (51m)
[2] Andres Herrera (COL) bt Nicolas Serna (COL) 3-0: 11-9, 11-9, 11-6 (73m)

First Round
Sebastian Rodriguez Rayo (COL) bt Vinicius Torres Berbel (BRA) 3-1: 11-7, 10-12, 11-7, 11-5 (56m)
Pedro Mometto (BRA) bt Gabriel Pederiva (BRA) 3-0: 11-4, 11-8, 11-3 (28m)
Felipe Tovar (COL) bt Matheus Carbonieri (BRA) 3-0: 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (31m)
Gustavo Pizatto (BRA) bt Alfredo Lopez (MEX) 3-0: 13-11, 13-11, 11-9 (40m)
Vitor Vieira (BRA) bt Armando Olguin (MEX) 3-0: 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (22m)
Junior Christovam (BRA) bt Carlos Zendejas (MEX) 3-1: 12-10, 11-13, 11-3, 11-9 (58m)
Santiago Orozco (COL) bt Rhuan Sousa (BRA) 3-0: 11-7, 11-4, 11-8 (34m)
Nicolas Serna (COL) bt Murilo Penteado (BRA) 3-0: 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (29m)