The Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo lost today to the russian Karen Khachanov by 6-3 and 6-2 and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Miami Tennis Masters 1000.
Cerúndolo, ranked 31st in the ATP world ranking, was unable to face the power and precise forehand of a khachanov killer (16), who recovered from a hesitant start and ended up demolishing a disoriented and overwhelmed Argentine following 1 hour and 16 minutes of gameplay.
The start of the match was favorable to the tennis player from Buenos Aires, who broke the serve of the Russian in the fifth game and went ahead by 3 to 2 in the first set, but from then on Khachanov became ornery and, following recovering service in the sixth game, he won six in a row to win the first set 6-3 and take the lead in the second game 2-0, in the face of Cerúndolo’s impotence.
Clinical Karen ????@karenkhachanov takes the first set 6-3 vs Cerundolo in their Miami quarter-final!#MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/VHGXUVP2tE
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 30, 2023
The second set was a new monologue by the Russian tennis player, who kept the same for 6-2. Khachanov will face another Russian in the semifinals of the tournament: Daniel Medvedev (5)who previously eliminated the American Christopher Eubanks (119) by beating him 6-3, 7-5.
Cerúndolo, who defended in Miami the points that the last year when he advanced to the semifinals; Anyway, he put in a great performance and had three straight wins once morest the American Aleksandar Kovacevic (102) by 6-4 and 6-4, the Canadian “top ten” Félix Auger-Aliassime (6) by 6-2 and 7-5 and the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (59) by 3-6, 6-3 and 6-2.
Khachanov on hard courts in the last six months:
2022 US Open – SF
2023 Australian Open – SF
2023 #MiamiOpen – SF or better@karenkhachanov: Stonks ???????? pic.twitter.com/lMisZMxH2d— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 30, 2023
As he came within a single round of his performance in 2022, he will only lose 180 points of those who defended and will go back two places, from 31° to 33°.
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