Thiago Agustin Tirante stuns Francisco Cerundolo 6-2 6-0 in the quarter in the Lima Challenger on Friday in what was an all-Argentine affair after playing a marvellous match to play Vitaliy Sachko in the semifinal.
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Thiago in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay Francisco and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Francisco in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Thiago converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Agustin Tirante didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Thiago conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Francisco (29-19). Thiago conceded 7 points on serve (16-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Francisco conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Cerundolo was broken 3 times and Agustin Tirante won the set 6-0.
Agustin Tirante converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Thiago didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 29 points. Thiago conquered the set after winning 19 more points than Cerundolo (24-5). Agustin Tirante was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). On the other side, Francisco conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).
Thiago will add to his prize money $ 1,050 after managing to win this match. He has won already $ 2,510 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Agustin Tirante will add $ 1,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 4,240.
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At the end of the match, Thiago scored 53 points vs. Cerundolo’s 24.
Thiago served extremely well to win 77% of the points (24/31) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (4/6) on his second serve. Thiago was effective when converting 63% of the break points that he procured (5/8). On the other side, Cerundolo wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Thiago was just to good and Cerundolo had no opportunity to win this match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Agustin Tirante and Cerundolo is 2-1 for Thiago.
Draw and next match H2H: Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Vitaliy Sachko – stats
Agustin Tirante will fight against Sachko in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Thiago Agustin Tirante and Vitaliy Sachko since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Lima Challenger
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- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-66 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H details and stats