Time flies, and the peers of the Beijing Olympics welcome their first victory on the tour today

In July 2001, Beijing won the right to host the XXIX Olympic Games. A little more than a month later, Sinner was on the ground in Italy. Today, he has three Grand Slam titles, has become the world No. 1, and is the backbone of the post-00 players. Coincidentally, with the pace of time, many babies born in the year of the Beijing Olympics have now entered the professional tennis world. Among them, one of them got his first career tour victory a few days ago. At the same time, this is also the first victory of a post-08 player on the tour. So, who exactly is this player? Where did he get his first win on the tour, and who was he up against? Today, let the humble article take you to see it.

That player is Diego Dedulla-Palomelo of Germany, who last season won his first career Challenger against an opponent who was ranked far higher than his own while still ranked outside the 1,500 rankings. This season, he also won the first Hope Race of his career. Still, the name Diego Dedulla-Palomero isn't well known because he has never made a difference in the Challenger yet.

Diego Dedura-Palomelo suffered three straight defeats in the 2025 season and had never beaten a top-100 player until last week. As he was a teenager and was well outside the top 25, many people thought that Diego Dedura-Palomero might be mediocre for the rest of his life.

Last week he played as a wildcard in the ATP 500 Munich qualifier against American Michael Donald, who reached the second week of a two-time Grand Slam. With the player's quality and fame far above Dedura Palomero, few people were optimistic about his prospects of advancing before the fight. However, in this match, Diego Dedulla-Palomelo surprisingly only allowed his opponent to take four sets. It is worth mentioning that this is the first TOP100 win of his career.

However, in the qualifying round, Diego Dedulla-Palomelo was swept out of the tournament against former Asian No. 1 and former ATP 500 champion Bublik of Kazakhstan. However, just when he thought he was going home, Diego Dedulla-Palomelo was able to enter the main draw of the ATP 500 Munich Open as a lucky loser due to the withdrawal of high-ranked players.

In the first round of the main event, his opponent was Canada's Shapovalov. Shapovalov has reached the semi-finals of both the Masters and the Grand Slams. This season, Shapovalov also won his first career ATP 500 title. Therefore, in the face of such a strong opponent, both bookmakers and fans believe that Diego Dedulla-Palomelo will be completely defeated.

In the first set, both men held their own serves, and the score remained deadlocked, and finally entered the tie-break. In the tie-break, Diego Dedulla-Palomelo played more aggressively and won the first set. As soon as the second set started, Diego Dedulla-Palomelo scored a series of attacks, widening the score gap a little bit. At this time, due to injury, Shapovalov, a former Wimbledon semifinalist, had to choose to retire. In this way, Diego Dedulla-Palomero won his first career tour victory. At the same time, this is also the first career tour win won by a post-08 player.

Sadly, at this week's Madrid Masters qualifiers, Diego Dedura-Palomero was knocked out by Colombia's Gran, a six-time Challenger winner. However, I believe that in the future career, he will definitely have good results, so let's wait and see.

Sports is a river and lake, and tennis is also a river and lake. 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)