Francisco Cerúndolo (No. 22 in the ATP ranking) defeated the American Tommy Paul (No. 16) by 6-7 (7), 6-4 and 6-2 and won a great victory to advance to the round of 16 at the Madrid Masters 1000. He managed to turn the result around after losing the first set and now waits for Alexander Zverev (N°5) o Denis Shapovalov (N°132).
In an exciting first set, Cerúndolo was up break twice, he was able to take the set with serve and even had a chance to win it. However, Paul reversed the Argentine’s good momentum and took him in the tiebreak.
Already in the second set, equality was maintained for much of the set. Until the tenth game, neither had had a chance to break and at that moment, The Argentine accelerated and managed to break the American’s serve. In this way, he took the game to the third set.
Fran Cerúndolo 🇦🇷 is in the 8th round of the Madrid Masters 1000! She beat Tommy Paul 7-6, 6-4 and 6-2 🇺🇸 and reaches this stage of the contest for the first time in her career. He will face Zverev🇩🇪 or Shapovalov🇨🇦.pic.twitter.com/priPJIk3tn
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In the last chapter, Cerúndolo came out determined to take over the field. With fewer mistakes and taking advantage of his strength, He managed to take a great victory to be in the round of 16 at the Caja Mágica.
The 25-year-old Argentine has already achieved his best historical performance in this championship and will seek his fourth place in the quarterfinals in this type of tournament.. His rival will be the winner of the match between the German Alexander Zverev (No. 5) and the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (N°132).