Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves stuns Alejandro Tabilo 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in the Campinas Challenger on Friday. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will have to play Francisco Cerundolo in the semifinal.
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Meligeni Rodrigues Alves got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Tabilo in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Meligeni Rodrigues Alves to win the set because Alejandro found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. The Brazilian kept his cool to break Tabilo in the 12th (7-5) game.
They contested 66 points. The Brazilian conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Alejandro (35-31). Felipe lost 9 points on serve (21-9). On the other side, Tabilo conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
Felipe won the set after he broke Alejandro in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Tabilo was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
They contested 52 points. The Brazilian was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Tabilo (32-20). Felipe dropped 10 points on serve (19-10). In addition, on the other side, the Chilean conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Felipe will add to his prize money $ 1,050 after managing to win this match. He has won already $ 2,510 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Felipe will add $ 1,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 4,240.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Brazilian scored 67 points vs. Alejandro’s 49.
Felipe served pretty well to win 81% of the points (26/32) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (14/26) on his second serve. The Brazilian was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8). On the other side, Alejandro was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Tabilo is 1-0 for Felipe.
Draw and next match H2H: Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will play Cerundolo in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Francisco Cerundolo face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, 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
