At the ATP 250 Marseille Open this week, Finland's Viltanen came back from a set down to beat fifth seed Koda in two sets to win his first career win over the top 30. Despite being swept out by Germany's Altmaier in the following matches, the player who only won his first career tour tournament last season moved up to No. 90 in the instant world rankings. For Vertanen, the victory may be something he will remember for a long time.

Coincidentally, also a few days ago, there was such a tennis player who went from a hard win to seven consecutive wins and won the first challenge championship of his career. So, who is this player? Let the humble article take you to see it today. The player's name is Arthur Bouquier, and he's a fighter from the eastern French city of Lune. Due to his low world ranking, the player is often limited to competing in Hope Tournaments. Even so, Arthur Bukiye is still hard to find a win until February 2025. Last week, he won his first win of the 2025 season in the first round of the ATP CH125 Lille Challenger qualifying tournament with a beating over two-time Challenger winner Gakhov of Russia. However, perhaps even Arthur Bukiye himself did not expect that this was only the beginning of a miracle.

Attille Bukiye then defeated Russia's Mehlerkel, who won the Challenger in 2017, in straight sets to reach the main draw of the ATP CH125 Lille Challenger tournament. Still, with only one win in the main Challenger tournament before, his prospects for advancement aren't favorable.

In the first round, facing his compatriot Martino, who has been playing in the Challenger for many years, Arthur Bukier unexpectedly defeated his opponent in straight sets to get the second victory of his career in the Challenger; In the second round, facing compatriot Bonzi, who had won the tournament championship, Arthur Bukiye fought three sets and won with great difficulty, reaching the quarterfinals of the Challenger for the first time in his career; In the quarter-finals, Arthur Boukier won comfortably against his lucky loser, compatriot T Paris, who allowed his opponent to win just four games in two sets. Unconsciously, step by step, this post-00 player has reached the semifinals of the first challenge tournament in his career.

In the semifinals, it was another three-set battle, and it was still a derby, and Arthur Bukiye had the last laugh. In this way, from the first round, he actually won four compatriot derby. In the final, Arthur Bukiye's opponent was compatriot Pouilly, who had reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam. Although he is no longer as brave as he once was, Pui is still far higher in the world rankings. Therefore, before the game, both the bookmaker and many fans all thought that Pui had a better chance of winning the championship.

However, in this final, Arthur Bukiye won the first set. But as the saying goes, "Ginger is still old and spicy after all", and Pouly got match point in the second set. Just as many people were preparing to enjoy the exciting matchup in the deciding set, an unexpected scene happened, and Pouly had to announce his withdrawal from the match due to physical reasons. In this way, Arthur Bukiye won his first career Challenger title. Objectively speaking, there is indeed some element of luck in winning this title. However, with six straight wins to reach the final, Athil Boukiye has already created a miracle in his career. If he hadn't scored first, the title wouldn't have belonged to Arthur Bukiye. So, a lot of times, it's not so much a miracle as it is because you have already accumulated a certain amount of hard work before, and it is these accumulations that allow you to reap the success that you didn't even expect.

A lot of times, the world of tennis is really just a teahouse. In this teahouse, there are many, many tea customers who have been here for a long time, and some of them have become quite famous. However, there are always fledgling tea drinkers who come here and look forward to tasting the sweet tea with their own efforts. And the author is just a small scholar in the corner of this teahouse who tells the stories of these tea customers in obscurity. I hope my article can bring some fresh information to all fans. Whether it's compliments or criticisms, maybe it's just to be able to get me far. That's it for today, and it continues tomorrow.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Yixin Jushi)