Andrea Collarini surprises Francisco Cerundolo 2-6 6-2 7-66 in the quarter in L’Aquila Challenger on Saturday. Collarini will face off with Carlos Taberner in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Cerundolo in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay the Argentine and for that reason he won 6-2 after breaking Andrea in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Argentine lost the 6th game (4-2) when he was serving and leading 40-0.
The Argentine was unable to find the solution in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).
2nd set.
Andrea in this set was too strong for the Argentine and consequentely he won 6-2 after breaking Cerundolo in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
3rd set.
Collarini took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Cerundolo in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Collarini to win the set since Cerundolo found the way to break back in the 8th (4-4) game. Collarini maintained his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 6.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Argentine scored 98 points vs. Francisco’s 90 points.
Collarini won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, Cerundolo wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 43% of his break points (3/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Collarini and Cerundolo is 2-0.
Next Match: Andrea Collarini vs. Carlos Taberner – stats
Collarini will fight against Taberner in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Andrea Collarini and Carlos Taberner since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in L’Aquila Challenger
- Andrej MartinMartin – Guilherme ClezarClezar (3-6 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (7-68 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (2-6 6-2 7-66) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andrej MartinMartin – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – See H2H details
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – See H2H details
