Triumph! The Argentinian Francisco Cerúndolo (No. 22 in the ATP ranking) defeated the American Tommy Paul (No. 16) by 6-7 (7), 6-4 and 6-2 to advance to the round of 16 in the Madrid Masters 1000.
It was a crazy first set. Cerúndolo was up break twice, served for a set and even had a chance to win it. However, Paul became strong, came back and took him in the tiebreak.
In the second set, parity dominated the scene. Until the tenth game, neither had had a chance to break and that was when the Argentine hit the accelerator, managed to break the American’s serve and ruled that the match be settled in the third set.
In the last chapter, Cerúndolo came out determined to win the game. Solid, with fewer errors and becoming stronger with his serve, he managed to achieve a great and hard-fought victory.
The Argentine, 25 years old, has already achieved his best historical performance in this competition and will go for his fourth place in the quarterfinals in this type of tournament.. Your rival? He will be the winner of the match between the German Alexander Zverev (No. 5) and the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (No. 132).
