Francisco Cerundolo upsets Facundo Bagnis 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in the Campinas Challenger on Friday in what was an all-Argentine contest. Cerundolo will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves in the semifinal.
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Cerundolo was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Bagnis in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more work to do for Francisco to win the set because Facundo found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Cerundolo kept his cool to break Bagnis in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Cerundolo missed the chance to break Facundo in the 3rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Bagnis lost the 7th game (5-2) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.
They contested 54 points. Cerundolo was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Bagnis (33-21). Cerundolo dropped 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the court, Bagnis conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
Cerundolo had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Bagnis in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Cerundolo to win the set because Bagnis managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Cerundolo kept his cool to break Facundo in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Francisco converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Facundo converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They played 85 points. Cerundolo was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Facundo (46-39). Francisco dropped 13 points on serve (23-13). on the other side of the court, Facundo conceded 23 points on serve (26-23).
Francisco will add to his prize money $ 1,050 after managing to win this match. He has won already $ 2,510 till now in this event. If he wins the next match, Cerundolo will add $ 1,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 4,240.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Cerundolo scored 79 points vs. Facundo’s 59.
Cerundolo served extremely well to win 76% of the points (28/37) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 46% points (12/26) on his second serve. Cerundolo won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Facundo wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Cerundolo and Bagnis is 1-0 for Francisco.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves – stats
Cerundolo will square off with Meligeni Rodrigues Alves in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Francisco Cerundolo and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 6-3 6-72 6-3 in the 2nd round in Iasi Challenger back in September 2020.
Tennis Scores in Campinas Challenger
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-4 1-6 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H details and stats
