He played seven hours in a day to be the champion in Piracicaba and win his first Challenger

Tango says that you must first know how to suffer. And what if he suffered Burruchagathe tennis player of the world champion in Mexico 1986 with Diego Maradona, to win his first important tournament in the circuit. Is that the boy consecrated this Sunday champion of the Piraciba Challengerin Brazil. And he did it after a marathon Sunday in which he had to play two games and about seven hours.

Burruchaga, 23 years old and trained by Leonardo Mayerhad its dream week despite the inclement weather. The rain that fell in that region was so much that the tournament had to move to a roofed court in San Pablo so that it could culminate in a timely manner. And it was there that the heir of the Independent idol consumed his work.

Is that this Sunday, in the morning and for the semifinals, the sixth preclassified battle for three hours and two minutes with the Brazilian Gustavo Heide (7th), whom he won 7-5, 3-6 and 7-6 (7-0) to reach his place in the definition.

I expected it there Facundo Mena32, who had also played in the morning and had needed just under two hours to eliminate the experienced Bolivian Hugo Dellien (3rd) by 3-6, 6-3 and 6-0.

The final between Argentines was spectacular. Because the two protagonists were exhausted, but above all because they left until the last drop of sweat on the Paulist brick dust in a super balanced match that only unpacked by force of tie breaks. This was how Burruchaga, which will appear on Monday in the 131st step of the world ranking, won 7-6 (10-8), 6-7 (6-8) and 7-6 (7-4) after three hours and 45 minutes and after saving a championship point in favor of Mena.

In this way, Burru’s son had to spend six hours and 47 minutes on the court to get his first title. Something you will never forget. For joy. And, of course, for extreme fatigue.

Color data: your coach, the Yaca Mayer is another marathon. It is worth remembering the six hours and 43 minutes that he played in 2015 against the Brazilian Joao Souza in a match that ended 7-6, 7-6, 5-7, 5-7 and 15-13 and was the longest single in history of the Davis Cup.