Francisco Cerúndolo’s blow: he eliminated Rublev, one of the favorites in the Paris Masters

The Argentine tennis player Francisco Cerúndolo gave the blow of the day in the Paris Masters 1000where he eliminated the Russian and world number 7, Andrey Rublev.

Cerúndolo carried out a very tough match, which lasted more than two hours, to win 7-6 (6) and 7-6 (5).

The match started very complicated for the Argentine, who quickly found himself 5-2 behind. But Cerúndolo was able to refine his blows and take advantage of the internal ghosts of his rival, who in each match plays a duel against himself and his temperament.

In this way, Cerúndolo not only recovered the break, but also reached 6-5 and served, although he could not maintain his turn and the first set had to be decided in the tie-break.

Finally, “Fran” took the advantage by winning 8-6 in a tight “sudden death.”

In the second set Rublev hit first again, but as in the previous one he was unable to maintain the advantage, so both players had to break the tie again in a tie-break.

There Cerúndolo was once again stronger, winning 7-5 and taking the victory after 2 hours and 18 minutes of play.

With this victory, the Argentine advanced to the round of 16, where he will face the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (10th), who later defeated the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo.

He also played Mariano Navonewho had a very tough test against the Australian Alex De Minaur (9th) in a match corresponding to the first round and lost 7-5 and 6-1.

In the first set, the Australian was more active and, although the Argentine managed to fight it to get a 5-5, he could not win. For the second, De Minaur managed to take the lead throughout the game and won the match.

The other national in the race in the last Masters 1000 of the season is Tomas Etcheverrywho will meet Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (8th) in the second round on Wednesday.