Cerundolo - Top 10 nemesis

Argentine tennis player Cerundolo has just reached the milestone of 15 victories against the world's top 10 tennis players. In which, world number 2 Zverev has been defeated by Cerundolo 3 times, after the German tennis player lost to Cerundolo in the fourth round of the Madrid Open 2025. That shows that Cerundolo is the nemesis of the Top 10.

Cerundolo is an Argentine professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking in his career is world number 19, achieved in June 2023. Cerundolo is currently the number 1 player in Argentina and South America with a ranking of 21 on the ATP rankings. However, Cerundolo has never been afraid of any player in the top 10, so Cerundolo can be considered a nemesis of the top 10. Cerundolo's favorite opponent is Zverev, with the Argentinean losing 3 times in all 3 encounters. The previous two defeats were at the Madrid Open last year and the Argentina Open in February this year.

In the fourth round of the Madrid Open 2025, meeting his fateful opponent again, if Zverev had taken advantage of the opportunity to break in game 3 of the first set, perhaps the match would have gone in a different direction. However, the world No. 2 missed this golden opportunity. The turning point happened right in the decisive game 12. Here, Cerundolo won an important break to close with a 7-5 victory. Going into the second set, things got worse for Zverev when Cerundolo broke his first serve. The German was powerless to regain the break, thereby accepting a 3-6 defeat. Thus, Cerundolo has now won all 3 times against Zverev.

Cerundolo entered the quarterfinals, meeting Czech tennis player Jakub Mensik, 7 years younger and ranked right behind him. Against a strong player, Cerundolo was unexpectedly defeated in the first set with a score of 3-6. In the second set, both players fought back and had to go into a tie-break. Here, Cerundolo was better than Mensik in the decisive moment to win 7-5, thereby winning the second set with a score of 7-6. Exploding in the decisive set, Cerundolo quickly won with a score of 6-2, thereby winning the final 2-1 to enter the semi-finals to meet Casper Ruud. It should be remembered that Mensik is the player who recently defeated "living monument" Dojkovic to win the Miami Open 2025 championship.

Even though Cerundolo had to stop before an excellent Casper Ruud in the semi-finals. However, the recent victories against the strongest players in the tennis world, especially the absolute 3-0 victory in all 3 meetings with the world number 2 Zverev, cannot be said to be "lucky". Now Cerundolo is no longer a temporary phenomenon, but he is truly becoming a formidable opponent for any opponent in the future, whether it is Sinner or Alcaraz.

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