Former Tiger Maden Wins Great Britain F3 Futures

CLEMSON S.C.- Former Tiger Yannick Maden is making a name for himself on the ATP Challenger Tour. Maden shined in Shrewsbury this weekend, winning the Great Britain F3 Futures Tournament. Maden’s currently ranked 657^th in the world, has been ranked as high as 432^nd.  The winning began when Maden defeated fellow German, George Von Massow, ranked 635^th in the world, winning in two sets, 6-4, 6-4.

Maden then faced Hugo Grenier of France who beat the number four seed in the first round, 6-3, 6-2. Maden defeated world ranked 635^th Grenier in two sets, 6-3, 7-6 (2). Maden would then face the number two seeded player Liam Broady from Great Britain, who won last weeks Pro Futures. Broady is currently ranked 287^th in the world and has been ranked as high as 158^th. In the quarterfinals Maden defeated Broady in commanding fashion, 6-3, 6-3.

In the semifinals Maden would face Daniel Cox of Great Britain, ranked 481^st in the world and has been ranked as high as 205^th. Maden continued to cruise through to the finals, defeating Cox in three sets, 6-4, 6-7(1), 6-3. In the finals Maden would face off against Edward Corrie who is currently ranked 486^th in world, ranked as high as 215^th. Corrie would give Maden a tough match going to three sets. Maden dropped the first set 3-6 but then prevailed winning the next two sets, 7-5, 7-6 (1). After the match Maden said “I am very happy with my attitude this week. My level of play wasn’t great until the quarterfinals but I managed to raise my level when I needed to. I was second to last selected for the tournament so the victory was not expected which makes it even more enjoyable.”