Francisco Cerundolo claims 150th win in Santiago: ‘Super happy with that milestone’ | ATP Tour

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Cerundolo claims a hundred and fiftieth win in Santiago: ‘Tremendous pleased with that milestone’

High seed Cerundolo gained the title in Buenos Aires earlier this month

February 27, 2026

Francisco Cerundolo continued his chase for a second title throughout this season’s ‘Golden Swing’ on Friday on the BCI Seguros Chile Open in Santiago, the place he dispatched American Emilio Nava 6-1, 6-1 in simply 66 minutes.

The highest seed captured the title in Buenos Aires earlier this month and has now gained seven of his previous eight matches on South American clay, in response to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. Cerundolo’s lone defeat got here within the second spherical in Rio de Janeiro. The No. 19 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings dominated towards Nava, who was the primary American to succeed in the quarter-finals at a tour-level occasion on South American clay since Rajeev Ram in 2017 in Quito.

“I did not count on this,” Cerundolo stated of his 66-minute win. “I’ve seen Emilio play actually good tennis the previous couple of days, so I began tremendous focused on my sport as a result of I knew it was going to be a very powerful match. However I assumed I performed very well. I not often missed any photographs as we speak. I’m actually pleased with my efficiency.”

Cerundolo has now earned 150 tour-level wins and is the primary energetic Argentine to hit that mark. He’ll chase victory 151 when he meets Yannick Hanfmann in his 18th ATP Tour semi-final.

“It’s a lot. Not many gamers can obtain 150 wins, so I’m tremendous pleased with that milestone,” Cerundolo stated. “I’ll attempt to obtain extra, set extra data and attempt to preserve successful.”

Hanfmann battled previous Lithuanian fortunate loser Vilius Gaubas 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in two hours and 13 minutes to turn out to be the primary German to advance to an ATP Tour semi-final on clay in South America since Tommy Haas in Sao Paulo in 2014.

Cerundolo leads Hanfmann 4-1 within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head collection, having defeated him within the second spherical in Santiago final 12 months.