Juan Manuel Cerúndolo falls short against Thompson at the Australian Open | OneFootball

Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (87th ATP) could not consolidate his convincing start in his debut at the Australian Open 2026 and suffered firsthand the comeback of the local player Jordan Thompson (111th), who, after three hours and 15 minutes of play, won 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-1, and 6-1.

The start of the game was truly promising for the Argentine. His strategy worked perfectly, and he was able to overpower Thompson using all the variations of his game in the initial set. However, he gradually began to lose consistency, and it quickly became noticeable.

Already in the second set, he started making more errors, and the Australian capitalized on that, along with the encouragement from the crowd to start tipping the scales in his favor. He leveled the match, and in the third set, he definitively took control of the game with a convincing 6-1 that filled him with confidence heading into the final stretch. And he didn't fail. With his characteristic offensive tennis, he ended up overpowering the Argentine to secure a ticket to the second round, where he will face Nuno Borges, who advanced due to the withdrawal of Félix Auger-Aliassime.

Meanwhile, the younger of the Cerúndolo brothers failed again in his attempt to achieve his first career victory in the main draw of the Australian Open, just as he did in 2022, when he fell to Tomas Machac 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, and 2-6.

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