Interesting meeting

First meeting between the Argentinian who is back in good shape (finally) and the Austrian who was also struggling quite a bit. Will Cerundolo reproduce his two incredible performances in this tournament so dear to him?

And yes, the Miami 2022 tournament revealed Cerundolo to the general public. He reached the semi-finals thanks in particular to two withdrawals (Opelka and Sinner) and will go from 103rd to 51st place in the world. Many thought that this tournament would be an exception, but the reality was that Cerundolo F. would never come out of the top 50 afterward. He will even be around 20th place in the world since June 2023. Besides the somewhat "G culture" aspect of this story, I tell myself above all that he will be 100% motivating here. He played quarter last year, he likes the Latino atmosphere, he has a lot of support. This is often what we look at first before analyzing a match with him. He also played well in Rio and Indian Wells, his last two tournaments. So I'm expecting good Francisco! On the Ofner side, difficult to follow as well. The guy collapsed during the Golden Swing (tour in South America), and is regaining color on hard. He had a very good match against Nishikori in my opinion, applying a strategy full of accuracy and brilliantly, that of attacking the Japanese from the first stroke of the racket so that he does not regain rhythm and take control of the game. exchange. It will be a completely different story against Cerundolo who plays further behind his line and who covers the ground very well with an earthly spirit. The Argentinian managed to neutralize Shelton's power in Indian Wells, I don't see why he wouldn't be able to neutralize Ofner's.