Francisco Cerúando and the bad streak of first rounds from Roland Garros

Francisco Cerúando (21st of the World Ranking) was eliminated in the first round of the ATP 500 of Beijing after giving in to Learner Tien (52°) 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4 And, in this way, he lost in a debut for the sixth time in 2025 (fifth from Roland Garros).

The Argentine started with authority and, after lifting an initial 0-3, took the first set 6-4 chaining five consecutive games.

However, Tien reacted in the second manga, improved its benefits to the rest and, with two key breaks, balanced the duel with a 6-3.

The American, just 19, kept the inertia in the final set, where he broke from the outset, resisted the partial comeback of the Argentine (which went from 0-2 to 4-3) and sealed the victory with a final counter-embroid to close 6-4.

The statistics reflected the equality of the shock: closing it was more incisive with the service (9 aces and 73 %of points won with their first serve in the first set), but its low performance with the second (35 %) and the difficulty in saving break balls (38 %) penalized him.

They have, meanwhile, exhibited greater solidity in the decisive moments, turning 5 of the 8 opportunities for ‘break’ that generated, compared to 4 of the Argentine.

With this result, the young Tien, who surprised by his ability to dominate long exchanges with the left -handed Flavio Cobolli (34 °), executioner of the sixth head of the Chinese tournament, the Russian Andrey Rublev.

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