The Argentine tennis player Francisco Cerúndolo played at a very high level and defeated 6-3 and 6-4 to German Alexander Zverev (5th in the world), to get into the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters 1000.
cerundolonumber 22 in the ATP rankingplayed at a very high level and got a break in each set to eliminate the difficult Zverevchampion in Madrid in 2018 and 2021 and finalist of the tournament in 2022after an hour and a half of play.
The 25-year-old Buenos Aires player played almost seamless tennis in which his drive and his masterfully executed drops stood out.
In this way, he became the first Argentine to reach the quarterfinals of Madrid from 2012When he did it Juan Martin del Potro.
His rival in the quarterfinals will be the American Taylor Fritz (12th), who had high-flying tennis to eliminate the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (8th), one of the most consistent and complicated players on the circuit, 7-6(2) and 6-4.
cerundolo has favorite history before Fritzsince the only precedent between the two was in Roland Garros 2023where the Argentine won 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 7-.5.
A day full of activity in Madrid
This Tuesday all the matches corresponding to the round of 16 will be played, so there will be a lot of activity.
In the first turn, the Russian Andrey Rublev he beat the dutch Tallon Griekspoor by 6-2 and 6-4.
In the quarterfinals they will have a very tough match, since they will face the two-time champion in Madrid and second seed, Carlos Alcaraz. The Murcian was on the ropes against the German Jan-Lennard Struff (23rd), but finally achieved the victory 6-3, 6-7(5) and 7-6(4) after almost three hours of play.
The other Russian who managed to advance was Daniil Medvedevwho defeated the Kazakh Alexander Bublik by 7-6(3) and 6-4, to get into the quarterfinals of the Miami Masters 1000. His opponent in the next round will be the winner of the match between the Czech Jiri Lehecka and the endless Rafael Nadalwho yesterday beat the Argentine Pedro Cachín after more than three hours of play.
On the other hand, the first seed of the tournament, the Italian Jannik Sinnerturned the game around for the difficult Russian Karen Khachanov (16th) to win 5-7, 6-3 and 6-3.
Now I wait for the Norwegian Casper Ruud (5th) and the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Source: Ambito
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