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Elias Returns To Winners’ Circle After Nearly Four Years

Elias Returns To Winners’ Circle After Nearly Four Years

For the first time in 2021, Portugal has a champion on the ATP Challenger Tour. At the age of 30, Gastao Elias found his way back to the winners’ circle with an impressive week on home soil in Oeiras. Elias, who peaked at No. 57 in the FedEx ATP Rankings in 2016, has fallen on hard times in recent years following a rash of injuries. But the Lourinha native rediscovered his winning formula at the Oeiras Open 50, lifting his first trophy since 2017. “I had total confidence in my abilities and didn’t need the title to know that I still had it in me,” said Elias. “I...

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