2014News

Victor Estrella wins in the ATP Master 250

The Dominican Republic’s best tennis player of all time, 33-year old Victor Estrella, ranked 95th in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), has become the first Dominican to win a game of the ATP Master 250 championship. Yesterday, Tuesday 10 June, Estrella defeated 32-year old Julien Benneteau (ranked 46th in the world) 6-7 (3), 6-3, 706 (3) in the first round of the Aegon Championship (Queen’s Club) in the UK, with prize money of EUR809,600. Benneteau is a doubles winner of the Roland Garros tournament who has won US$6.7 million in his career compared to Victor Estrella’s US$355,485, as reported in Diario Libre.