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Cerúndolo missed details and was eliminated from Rome

Cerúndolo missed details and was eliminated from Rome

Francisco Cerundolo lost today against norwegian Casper Ruud by 7-6 (5) and 6-4 and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 tennis rack Rome, that he was left without his top favorite after the fall of the Serbian Novak Djokovic against the Danish Holger Rune.

Cerúndolo, ranked 31st in the ATP world ranking, was surpassed at the Foro Italico by the Nordic Ruud (4), an even and changing match that was narrowly defined in favor of the European player, after 2 hours and 5 minutes of game.

In any case, the Argentine, 24 years old, gave a great performance in Rome with his previous successive wins over Chinese Yibing Wu (57), Frenchman Gregoire Barrere (63) and Italian Jannik Sinner (8).

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Today he played an equal match against one of the best tennis players on the circuit, the Norwegian Ruud, who was more precise in the decisive moments of the match and advanced to the semifinals, an instance in which he will face the Danish Rune (7), other of the promises of this sport.

With Ruud’s victory, the record between the two was balanced, since Cerúndolo had beaten him twice, last year in Bastad, Sweden, and last April at the Conde de Godó, in Barcelona, ​​while he had lost to the Norwegian in the semifinals of the 2022 Miami Masters 1000.

Ruud will meet in the semifinals with the ascendant Rune (7), who eliminated the Serbian Djokovic (1), after beating him 6-2, 4-6 and 6-2 after 2 hours and a quarter of play in an intense match that suffered a stoppage due to rain.

Djokovic, 35, conquered the Masters 1000 in Rome six times, the first in 2008 and the last one last year, but this time he couldn’t beat Rune, who eliminated him again as happened last year in the Masters 1000 final. from Paris.

The quarterfinals will be completed tomorrow with two matches: Daniil Medvedev (Russia, 3) against Yannick Hanfmann (Germany, 101) and Borna Coric (Croatia, 16) against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (5),

The Masters 1000 in Rome, which is played in parallel between the ATP and the WTA, will distribute prizes of 8,637,966 euros and throughout its history it has had four Argentine tennis players as champions.

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Those who lifted the trophy in Rome were Guillermo Vilas in the 1980 edition, José Luis Clerc was crowned in 1981 and Alberto “Luli” Mancini in 1989.

However, the most outstanding of the Argentines was Gabriela Sabatini, who was crowned at the Foro Italico four times: 1988, 1989, 1991 and 1992.

Source: Ambito

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