Juan Manuel Cerúndolo won’t forget Gstaad: match point, out, no final | OneFootball

Juan Manuel Cerúndolo will hardly forget what happened in Gstaad. The Argentine had a match point in the second set and was leading 5-2 in the decider, but ended up falling 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 to Raphael Collignon in the semifinals.

Of the last ten points, the Belgian won eight. No minor detail. It was the Belgian’s first victory over the Argentine in the last two months (the world No. 45 had won in the first round of the ATP Eastbourne in June and in the final of the Bordeaux Challenger in May, both 7-6 in the third set).

Setting aside the pressure of the moment, it was a good week for the Argentine (he defeated none other than Casper Ruud), who wanted to make the most of one of the last stretches of the men’s tour on clay. Last year’s final was not defended, and it remains to be seen what Daniel Vallejo does in Bastad to determine the standings.

The Belgian, 24 years old and No. 42 in the world ranking, who pulled off the surprise against Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot, No. 21 in the ATP rankings and the tournament’s third seed, will play in his first professional final. He awaits Alexander Shevchenko or Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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