The great adventure of Francisco Cerúndolo (21° ATP) in it Masters 1000 from Madrid He came to an end this Friday, when he fell in the semifinals at the hands of the Norwegian Casper Ruud (15 °) 6-4 and 7-5.
Despite putting the Nordic tighten by totaling 18 break opportunities, the Argentine closed a new great week in the male circuit, in which he eliminated the first preclassified of the contest, Alexander Zverev (2nd) in third round, and the Czech Juvenil Jakub Mensik (23 °) in the quarterfinals, among others, to get a Marking ascent in the world ranking.
The eldest of the brothers will retire from the Magic Box with 200 points more in the order, allowing him appears next Monday at 18 with 2,425 units, its best historical location, Also from his outstanding performances in Argentina Open, Indian Wells, Miami and Munich.
It should be noted that the pupil of Nicolás Pastor and Pablo Cuevas, who fell for the fourth time against the one born in Oslo, second in the prelude to a definition of 1000 Masters, after Miami 2022, had occupied the 19th placement of the classification for three weeks in mid -2023, after reaching the decisive instance in the ATP 250 of Lyon and the round of 16.
A detail for nothing less is that the Buenos Aires, owner of three titles in the Tourit is among the better Tenists of the season in the Race Towards the ATP Finals. He currently marches eighth with 1,515 accumulated unitsrelegating players like Danish Holger Runethe Italian Lorenzo Musetti and the Greek Stefanos tsitsipasamong others.
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