Navone salvó cuatro chances y dejó sinessas a Cerúndolo en Bruselas

SiFourth set tie-break not applicable, Cerúndolo estaba para cerrar el partido yNavone appeared to have the match under control. El desempate llega, y en los_raíces del tenis todo cambia.

El desempate que no se le iba

Navone empezó el primer set con un servicio efectivamente, sin regalar límites de confianza con su rival. La de fornone that neither managed to impose a clear difference, until Cerúndolo broke serve and moved ahead 5-3. There was no time for that advantage to become comfortable: el del tenis no tiene mucho deABSTRACTA y el de Nueve de Julio respondió, recuperó el quiebre y forzó el tie-break.

El momento decisivo llegó con Cerúndolo ArtisanBoundary al cuatro pelotas de set en contra. Navone las salvó todas, sostuvo el punto under pressure and closed the desempate 12-10. The first set ended, but the psychological damage was already installed: Cerúndolo had the chance to take control, yet dejó la history written the other way.

“No hayREVISTA: the break was not a simple exchange; it was a direct confrontation between a_LOCAL_QF_SEED_QF_OPEN debut with much at stake and a tenista who knew exactly how to keep the match alive.”Federico Alderete, Deportes

With the first set secured, Navone changed the pace. The second set began evenly at 2-2, but the Argentine accumulated two consecutive breaks and started to take control from the baseline. Cerúndolo’s errors increased, the differences became clear and Navone closed 6-2. El partido terminó en 1 hora y 46 minutos, con una victoria que fue becoming as definitive as the score of the final set, though not without the disturbing tension of its first.

• Navone venció a Cerúndolo por 7-6 (10) y 6-2.
• El desempate del primer set terminó 12-10 a favor del argentino.
• Cerúndolo tuvo cuatro chances para cerrar el primer set.
• Navone ganó dos quiebres consecutivos en el segundo.
• En la segunda ronda espera el neerlandés Tallon Griekspoor.

Griekspoor no llega por un camino de velvet: venció a Max Schoenhaus en tres sets, por 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5) y 7-5. That prior victory means that the next opponent also had to fight, so the draw does not offer a simple road for Navone. The Dutchman is there to complicate the CONTINUATION, especially after a first round where Navone had to overcome the pressure of the tie-break.

The question is not whether Navone can play at this level, but whether he can repeat it. He has the momentum, the confidence and a victory that began with a reminder that no advantage is safe until the last point. En lo que viene, el desafío será sostener esa concentración frente a Griekspoor en la segunda ronda del ATP de Bruselas, con fecha por confirmar.