The covered courts of Agreement Arena in Bercy They witnessed how Francisco Cerúndolo has reached a significant milestone in his professional career by achieving his 100th victory on the ATP Tour. This achievement was obtained by defeating in the second round of the Masters 1000 of the French capital to the Russian and sixth seed Andrey Rublev with partial scores of 7-6(6) and 7-6(5) in 2 and a half hours of competition.
Cerúndolo, after beating local Quentin Halys in his debut, did not fail in his first opportunity to reach the hundred wins. He knew, a priori, that he would have a tough test against the Russian, who was a semifinalist in the last edition of the French tournament and is a specialist on indoor fast courts. Of the sixteen titles that the Russian has won, six of them were obtained on said surface. The albiceleste tennis player, in the third round, awaits the winner of the clash between the Greek Stéfanos Tsitsipas and the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo. History indicates that he has faced each of them once and was defeated both times.
Fran’s first ATP main draw victory was in the 2021 season, in the ATP 250 Cordobawhere he defeated the Italian Gianluca Mager. A week later, in Argentina Openhe surpassed the qualification stage and reached the final in which he lost to his compatriot Diego Schwartzman. That same year, he debuted in Grand Slam tournaments in Roland Garros and disputed the Tokyo Olympics.
Cerúndolo, player of the Argentine Tennis Team YPF and who will be one of the representatives in the Final 8 to be played in Malagabetween November 19 and 24, made his debut with the national team in 2022, having a record of five wins and four losses.
The Argentine has shown, once again, that with effort and perseverance, dreams can become significant achievements. In this week of the Paris Masters, Cerúndolo will seek to become the second Argentine champion in the history of the tournament, following in the footsteps of David Nalbandian, who achieved it in 2007.
