Francisco closing it agreed to the round of 16 Masters 1000 of Toronto After beating to Tomás Etcheverry 6-3 and 6-4 in an hour and 49 minutes of play. The meeting, played on Thursday at Sobeys Stadium, marked a new confrontation between two Argentine tennis players with extensive mutual knowledge from its youth stages.
Closing it imposed conditions from the beginningwhere he could realize two breaks in a first irregular process set. In the second partial, he achieved service ruptures in the first, second and ninth games, which allowed him to close the match without shocks.
The triumph marked his Fifth classification to the round of 16 in six ATP Masters 1000 tournaments disputed in 2025. His only early elimination occurred in Montecarlo, before the Murcia Carlos Alcaraz.
The good streak of Cerú
The player born in Buenos Aires holds a record of Six victories without defeats against compatriots in the current season, Included two about Etcheverry. Its consistency is also reflected in the 15 wins obtained in 20 games within this category, with the semifinal achieved in Madrid as its best performance.
Currently located in the 24 of the ATP ranking And consolidated as number one of Argentine tennis, closing it is positioned as one of the most regular exponents of the South American circuit. In Canada, he becomes the second Argentine to access the round of 16 in this decade, along with Diego Schwartzman (2021).
Since the emergence of Juan Martín del Potro, few national players managed to sustain competitive yields in a 1000 masters. The continuity of the Buenos Aires among the sixteen best in five of the six disputed competitions represents an exception to that trend.
His next commitment will be before the winner of the cross between the maximum head of Alexander Zverev and the Italian Andrea Arnaldi. The result of that encounter will define whether closing it faces the world No. 3 or one of the revelations of the season in the third round of the Canadian contest.
Source: Ambito
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