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Chering it touch the return to Top 20 with the semifinal of Munich

The Argentine seeks his second ATP Tour final of the 2025 season

April 18, 2025

Francisco Cerúando wants to leave a powerful mark on the BMW Open by Bitpanda in Munich, where his European spotted land tour continues to take speed. The Argentine signed his 20th victory of the year on Friday to reach the semifinals in the ATP 250 Bavaro, where no one has managed to find the antidote to heavy blows such as lead. With the possibility of raising its first cup of the course two steps away, the South American continues to stand out as a firm alternative on the slowest surface of the circuit.

No. 22 of the PIF ATP Rankings dealt with a blow impossible to ignore in the main box, dismantling 6-2, 6-4 to the Belgian David Goffin in just 76 minutes of play. The European, one of the great veterans of the final painting at 34, found a player of splendor reflexes. Ceru it attacked the game permanently to the rest, catching 55% of the points played in the return and five breaks as a formula towards victory.

“It is beautiful to reach 20 victories, I have seen that few players have achieved it so far. It makes me very happy, because it shows the consistency I have had this year. It makes us see how well I am playing and competing, I am happy to add another victory in two sleeves and be in the semifinals.”

Francisco’s escalation extends a pulse worked on the brick dust. The Argentine, who has added at least one victory in all tournaments over the surface this year, wants to complete a week of great readings. After the Santiago semifinal and the final signed in Buenos Aires, its landing in the definitive rounds of Munich continue to endowed authority that demands work like none.

After adding three solid victories and not delivering more than four games in any manga, closing it will look for the definitive acceleration in the tournament. The Argentine will compete Munich’s semifinals against the second American favorite Ben Shelton, winner 6-4, 6-3 against Italian Luciano Darderi. In the upper part of the painting, the main local favorite Alexander Zverev raised a dramatic match to Tallon Griekspoor 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3), 6-4 to advance to the penultimate round of the tournament. His rival will be the Belgian Zizou Bergs or the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan.

The regularity underlined in Munich can have a very special prize in the hands of the Argentine, willing to recover a place in the noble zone of the circuit. Cerú would return to the top 20 of the PIF ATP Rankings if he manages to reach the final in the Bavarian tournament and ensure the highest position of his career in case of raising the title this Sunday. Incentives that can give force to the blows of the South American at the key moment of the tournament.

For its part, Goffin ends in Munich another week of great personal advances. The Belgian, promoted after defeating Carlos Alcaraz weeks ago in Miami, reached its first quarter -final ATP Tour on clay in three years. A result that allows you to enter the world top 50 as of this Monday.

Did you know what …?
Francisco Cerú is the fourth player who achieves 20 individual victories in the ATP Tour during the 2025 season. The Argentine, who could add two more wins in Munich this week, follows the steps of Carlos Alcaraz, Alex de Miñaur and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Thanks to the impulse achieved in the first months of the year, the South American has options to overcome the best game of matches won of his career (39) signed in the 2023 season.