Argentine tennis player Juan Manuel Cerúndolo eliminated Portuguese Pedro Sousa 6-2, 6-4 after 1h11m of play in the semifinals of the Challenger 125 in Oeiras. The world No. 123 will face Hungarian Zsmobor Piros for the title.
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John Manuel Certainly He left behind a 2022 in which he was unable to play regularly due to injuries that complicated him. However, last season he became champion of the Challengers of Buenos Aires and Coquimbo. In addition, he made semifinals in Tampere. 2023 began in an unbeatable way, since he kept the titles of Tiger 1 and Tiger 2 Challenger. Then he made rooms in Concepcion and Cordobaand fall in the qualy of Buenos Aires, first round of Ríoeighth in Chile and falls in Santiago, Houston and Sarasota. In Oeiras eliminated Duarte Vale, Pablo Llamas Ruiz and Kiachi Uchida.
Pedro Sousa He is far from his best version, the one he showed when he became world No. 99 in 2019. In this 2023 he is playing his last year as a professional tennis player, as he stated a little less than a month ago. In the season he could not reach decisive instances of the tournaments that he played, although he passed qualy in bastad and reached the last round of qualifying in Roland Garros. His 2023 began with a defeat in Oeiras 1rooms in Oeiras 2defeats in the two editions of the ITF of Vila Real de Santo Antonioeighth in Faro and passed the qualy in Estoril. In Oeiras surpassed Henrique Rocha, Alexandre Muller and Steven Diez.
Cerúndolo wins two games in one day to be a finalist
John Manuel Cerundolo and Peter Sousa they looked at each other’s faces in the semifinals of the Challenger of Oeiras.
The Argentine had come from playing his quarterfinals earlier, so he was arriving at his second game of the day with a certain rhythm. From the start of the game, Juan Manuel was clearly superior to his rival, applying pressure with the return to break and prevail. Then, the Portuguese showed ability to sustain, enjoying the match and playing loose. However, Cerúndolo was again aggressive, attacking with his right and breaking to then go ahead by 6-2 in just 29 minutes.
Two initial breaks in the second round put them at odds until the fourth game, without unbalancing the balance. Subsequently, the match became frantic, the Argentine got two breaks against one and continued to lead in the numbers. Despite the fact that Sousa held at 0 and sought to put pressure on him at the end of the match, Cerúndolo mentally remained to advance by 6-2, 6-4 after 1h11m.
2023-04-23 01:37:34
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