Francisco Cerendolo scored a success and broke a personal record at the Madrid Open

victory! Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (No. 22 in the ATP rankings) defeated the American Tommy Paul (No. 16) with a score of 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2, to qualify for the round of 16 in the round of 16. Madrid Masters 1000

It was a crazy first set. Cerúndolo was up two breaks, served for a set and had a chance to win it. However, Paul got strong, came back and caught him in the tiebreaker.

In the second group, draw dominated the scene. Until the tenth game, neither of them had a chance to break serve, and that was when the Argentine hit the accelerator, managed to break the American player's serve and decide the match in the third set.

In the final act, Cerndolo came out determined to win the match. Solid, with fewer errors and becoming stronger with his serve, he managed to achieve a big and difficult win.

The 25-year-old Argentine has already achieved his best historical performance in this competition and will strive to obtain fourth place in the quarter-finals in this type of tournament.. Your competitor? He will be the winner of the match between the German Alexander Zverev (No. 5) and Al-Kindi Denis Shapovalov (No. 132).