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Cerú want to be a prophet in his land: “I am prepared to win this tournament”

The Argentine will seek his first title in Buenos Aires against Fonseca this Sunday

February 16, 2025

Every time Francisco Cerúando puts a foot in Buenos Aires, everything is absolute enjoyment for him. And the ieb+ goes if he feels good: Cerundolo you have seventeen victories in the tournament, telling which one and the main box, he will look for his first crown at home (just five blocks from his house) and he is just the fifth Argentine who gets at least twice The definition of the tournament.

In fact, closing it already managed to normalize and use as an emotional fuel the pressure of not only being the best Argentine racket, but also of being a main candidate to go for everything. Four years after his first final in Buenos Aires (p. With Schwartzman), closing him back for more, and prepared in another way.

“I arrived without a gasoline, and Diego Top10 grabbed me and shakes me everywhere,” he said with a smile. “It was one of my first ATP, the first year I was on the verge of getting between 100. It was half a carambola to reach the final, I was not very prepared, either tennis or mentally,” he acknowledged.

In 2025, reality is diametrically opposite. “There are four years that I am in the top30, I settled my game, I am much more experience and with more experience. I am prepared to win, ”he predicted with decision.

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At the moment, closing him recognized the challenge that turned out to go out again to the field focused after surprising Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals and how the backupear that triumph is what leaves it most. “I went to bed very late, at two in the morning… And that changes the routine of the day a bit and it becomes difficult to manage. You have to download adrenaline, first and think that everything continues and today I could play a very good game, ”he said, before looking for his fourth ATP Tour title this Sunday.

Do you feel closing him by playing the best tennis of his career? The good feelings are, but No. 28 of the PIF ATP Ranking puts the focus on regularity: “I do not think if I am playing the best tennis of my life… I have played very well in the last three or four years, and it is a week in which I am winning good matches but no more than that “

In front of Fonseca, closing it will come out with a expensive plan: steal the initiative to the Brazilian, and bank the stick by stick. “It will be a very hard game. He is young, has the freshness that he has nothing to lose and is growing, he has very loose shots and very soon we will see it in the best tournaments in the world, ”he said about Fonseca. “We both paste quite strong and it will be a dispute of who takes the incit, who defends the best and whoever besides it,” he said.

In the last time, closing it, he has earned the respect of his colleagues inside doors in the locker room. Now, he goes for everything as a local, with his people and with his tennis of few impacts, a lot of emotion and being the first to believe in him and his tools.