Juanma Cerúndolo lost 11 straight games, blew lead and exited Monte Carlo | OneFootball

A tough defeat for Juan Manuel Cerúndolo in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000. The Argentine, who had come through qualifying, had made a very good start against local player Valentin Vacherot but could not hold onto his advantage and ended up losing 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 after dropping 11 consecutive games.

The start of the match had featured very high-quality tennis from the younger of the Cerúndolo brothers. On the clay of Court Rainier III, the Buenos Aires native had come back from an early break in the second game of the first set and closed it out on serve after breaking his opponent again when the score was tied at 5-5.

However, that strong level was not enough. Although the start of the second set was promising, with Juanma Cerúndolo leading 2-0 and holding a break point to go up 3-0, Vacherot managed to save the game and gained something more: confidence. From that point on, he won a total of 11 consecutive games to not only take the second set, but also the match.

Despite the brief reprieve the Argentine managed in the final set, there was nothing he could do to come back in a match that became very uphill after the Monegasque’s onslaught. In this way, he became the first Argentine player eliminated from the Monte Carlo Masters 1000, where Fran Cerúndolo and Sebastián Báez had already recorded wins.

The next event Juanma Cerúndolo will play on the ATP Tour will be the Barcelona tournament, where he is part of the qualifying field. There, he will be the sixth seed and will look to reach the main draw of the Catalan event for the first time in his career.

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