Jean-Baptiste Badon Earns First Career ATP Point and Professional Ranking
LOGAN, Utah - Utah State men's tennis alumnus Jean-Baptiste Badon secured his first career ATP point, winning a match in the main draw at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Lakewood SoCal Pro Series this week. After earning a wild card entry into the tournament through a pre-qualifier, Badon defeated the tournament's No. 6 seed, Amit Vales of Israel in the opening round. Badon came back both from a first-set loss and from 4-1 down in the final set to earn the 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory. Badon's tournament run ended in the second round against Germany's Neo Niedner. With the victory,...
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