2023-11-02 03:01:00
The Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo obtained this Wednesday a brilliant victory once morest the Norwegian “top ten” Casper Ruud by 7-5 and 6-4 and advanced to the round of 16 of the Paris Tennis Masters 1000, in France, on a day in which that his compatriot Tomás Etcheverry previously lost to world number one, Serbian Novak Djokovic, 6-3, 6-2.
The Buenos Aires “Fran” Cerúndolo, ranked 21st in the ATP world ranking, did a great job and dispatched the Norwegian Casper Ruud (8), following 1 hour and 32 minutes of fighting. In this way, Cerúndolo will face the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (11) in the round of 16, who defeated the Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut (66) 6-3 and 6-2.
Meanwhile, Tomás Etcheverry (31) from La Plata was surpassed by Djokovic (1), who returns to the circuit in this tournament, following 1 hour and 25 minutes of play. The player from La Plata had beaten Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (53) in the opening round, while Djokovic, the tennis player with the most Grand Slam wins with 24 trophies, was exempt from playing the first phase.
The Paris Masters 1000 is played on a fast surface and indoors at the Palais Omnisports in Bercy, it will distribute prizes of 6,748,815 euros and throughout its history it had only one Argentine champion, David Nalbandian from Córdoba in the 2007 edition. .
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