Argentine tennis player Francisco Cerúndolo ratified his excellent moment following being champion last Sunday in Bastad, Swedenand advanced this Friday at semifinals of the ATP 500 in Hamburg, Germanyfollowing winning a tough match over Russian Aslan Karatsev 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4).
Cerúndolo, located in the post 30 in the ATP world ranking, he used two hours and 27 minutes to beat Karatsev (37th) in a very close tie that he knew how to move forward with courage and good decisionsespecially in the third set when he was down 3-1 and 5-3 but kept fighting and forced the tie break that gave him victory.
The 23-year-old from Buenos Aires got his eighth win in a rowa streak that began in Bastad with five successes and continued in Hamburg, where he successively beat the local Daniel Altmaier (56th), the Russian “top ten” Andrey Rublev (8th) and his compatriot Karatsevwhom he had also defeated seven days ago in the quarterfinals of the Swedish tournament.
The oldest of the Cerúndolo brothers He will continue his journey in Hamburg this Saturday in the semi-final that he will cheer on once morest the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (62nd), who for his part beat the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich (35th) by 6-4 and 6-3. The Argentine and the Italian will be measuring each other from 10:30 with transmission of the online platform Star +.
For Cerúndolo, his access to the semis of the German tournament will allow him climb to at least 24th place in the world ranking, the best placement of his career.
The Hamburg ATP, which is played on a clay surface and distributes prizes of 1,911,620 euros, has as the top favorite for the title the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (6th), who will face from 11:50 with the Slovakian Alex Molcan (48th).
The Argentine champions of the German tournament throughout history were Guillermo Vilas in 1978; Guillermo Coria in 2003; Juan Mónaco in 2012 and Leonardo Mayer in the 2014 and 2017 editions.
