With a sigh, none of the top seeds reached the quarterfinals of the Challenger last week

As we all know, there will be top seeds in Grand Slams, Tours, Challengers, and Hopes. Generally speaking, the top seed is very strong, both in terms of world ranking and strength. This makes it easier for these top seeds to get a good result and even win the championship than the other players. However, at last week's Challenger, the top seeds all suffered a "Waterloo". So, what's going on here? Let this article take you to a look.

Italy's Mattia Bellucci is the top seed at the Birmingham Challenger, the highest-level challenge held last week. In early February, he went all the way to the ATP 500 Rotterdam Open, winning five straight victories to reach the semi-finals of his first career tour. However, the highlights are followed by loneliness. Since then, Mattia Bellucci has not been able to win a main draw, either in the Challenger or on the Tour. Before last week, he even suffered a wave of six straight defeats. In the first round, his opponent was Spain's Martin Landalusse. Coincidentally, Martin Landalusse has also suffered a six-game losing streak this year. In this match, in the favorable situation of the first city, Mattia Bellucci was beaten by the opponent in two sets in a row and was out.

Italy's Naldi is the top seed in Heilbronn - Bad Rappenau in Germany. Some time ago, Naldi reached the quarterfinals of his first career tour tournament at the ATP 500 Dubai Open. However, instead of taking advantage of the victory, he suffered a wave of five consecutive defeats. Since then, despite a resurgence in Narddi's form, however, the world rankings have been declining. In the first round, his opponent was Spain's Rincón. This player has won the Challenge Championship and has some strength. In this match, Naldi fought his opponent in three sets and finally lost regrettably. It is worth mentioning that the score of these three sets is 6:3.

Czech Mensik is the top seed of Prosteov, who won his first career Masters title at the Miami Masters some time ago. He also reached the quarterfinals of his first career clay Masters at the Madrid Masters. Not long ago, Mensik also won the first French Open of his career. It's important to note that he's one of the few players in the top 20 who will also participate in the Challenge. In the first round, Mensik's opponent was Ukraine's Sachko. In this match, Sachiko and Mensik reached the deciding set, and in the end he had the last laugh. Mensic, on the other hand, was out of the tournament when he won match point in the deciding set.

American Kruger is the top seed in the Taylor Challenger, having reached his first career clay Challenger final some time ago. In the first round, his opponent was Wu Donglin from Taiwan. In the end, Kruger emerged victorious and became the only top-seeded player to reach the second round of the Challenger last week. However, in the second round, against Brazil's K Sell, Krueger won only five games in two sets. Objectively speaking, this is a complete failure. After being swept out of the tournament by his opponent, Kruger had to end his journey at the Taylor Challenger. That's it for today, and it will continue tomorrow.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Yixin Jushi)