Sumit Nagal wins against Francisco Cerundolo 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the quarter in Buenos Aires Challenger on Friday. Nagal will play Thiago Moura Monteiro in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Sumit won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Nagal broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.
The Argentine was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).
2nd set.
Cerundolo had a great start in this set after breaking Nagal in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for the Argentine to win the set since Sumit managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Francisco maintained his focus to break the Indian in the 10th (6-4) game.
3rd set.
Nagal conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Cerundolo in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for Sumit to win the set as Francisco succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (2-2) game. Sumit kept his cool to break the Argentine in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game before managing to win the set (6-4).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Indian scored 95 points vs. the Argentine’s 94 points.
Sumit won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 38% (6/16). On the other side, the Argentine was far from perfect in converting his break points because he converted only 42% of his break points (5/12). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Nagal and Cerundolo is 1-0.
Next Match: Sumit Nagal vs. Thiago Moura Monteiro – stats
Nagal will come up against Moura Monteiro in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Sumit Nagal and Thiago Moura Monteiro since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger
- Sumit NagalNagal – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Andrea CollariniCollarini (3-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Agustin VelottiVelotti (6-3 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Leonardo MayerMayer – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-1 6-7(3) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Leonardo MayerMayer – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – See H2H details
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – See H2H details
