The Magical Point: Fran Cerúndolo’s Epic Comeback in Madrid

The great point of Fran Cerúndolo in Madrid

The Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo led a great comeback against the American Tommy Paul and reached the round of 16 of the Madrid Masters 1000, his best performance so far in the Caja Mágica.

The 25-year-old tennis player from Buenos Aires won 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 and will face the German Alexander Zverev in the fourth round of the tournament, who beat the Canadian Denis Shapovalov in two sets.

Cerúndolo, who needed two and a half hours to secure his victory, won for the third time in five matches against a North American player, who gradually lost strength. Fran was able to sign up for the first round; In fact, he had a set opportunity, but conceded at the end. “It was a very tough game. In the first set I played poorly, having 6-5 and a chance to close. It makes me very happy to be in the second round in Madrid. It gives me confidence to win a game like this and against a high-level opponent. I’ve played well before, but I didn’t quite gain confidence. “Now yes,” the South American said on the court, who had a forceful reaction afterwards.

He won the second 6-4 and in the third, when he was 4-2 up, he surprised with a point that dazzled the ATP, whose Spanish account on the social network X shared with the legend “the Fran that people like.” ”.

Being 30-15 with his serve, he served with precision and power, Paul returned as best he could and left him the initiative. There, the albiceleste representative took a risk with a drop; The American reached the net just enough to pass the ball, but was exposed to the skill of Cerúndolo, who executed a surgical lob that surpassed him and provoked the astonishment of the spectators present in the stadium.

“Oh, it’s a lot of magic,” the English speaker is heard saying about the outcome of the action of the current No. 22 in the ATP ranking and second national racket, behind Sebastián Báez (19). The Argentine seemed more comfortable on clay than his rival, something that is clear with his record: he has two titles in his career, in Bastad, in 2022 on dirt and in Eastbourne, last year , in grass.

“What a joy! To the eighth, just. Let’s keep going,” Fran wrote on her account on

With information from EFE

2024-04-29 01:25:29
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