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Cerúndolo falls to Blockx and exits the US Open

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Belgium’s Alexander Blockx defeated Argentina’s Francisco Cerúndolo 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 in the US Open fourth round.
  • Cerúndolo missed 14 of 17 break-point opportunities and failed to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the fourth time.
  • Blockx, ranked 34th in the world, became the first Belgian man to reach the New York quarterfinals and secured a place in the top 30.

Alexander Blockx ended Francisco Cerúndolo’s US Open run on Monday, defeating the Argentine 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 in the fourth round.

From the second game, I started feeling a very sharp pain in my ribs

· Alexander BlockxBlockx described the injury that troubled him early in the match.

The 21-year-old Belgian, ranked 34th by the ATP, became the first Belgian man to reach the New York quarterfinals. Cerúndolo, the highest-ranked Latin American at No. 25, missed 14 of his 17 break-point chances.

At 5-5 in the third set, Cerúndolo had three consecutive opportunities to break and move into position to serve for the set. Blockx held, then broke to take the set. Cerúndolo could not mount another comeback in the final set.

I could barely endure it. Even though I won that first set, it could have gone the other way. He had so many opportunities

· Alexander BlockxHe assessed the match after defeating Cerúndolo.

Blockx, who began the year outside the top 100, is guaranteed to enter the top 30 after the tournament. He said he began feeling sharp pain in his ribs during the second game and needed medical attention early in the match.

After that, the doctor gave me a magic medicine that allowed me to keep going

· Alexander BlockxBlockx explained how he managed to continue despite the pain.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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