Argentinian tennis player Francisco Cerúndolo lost in the final of the ATP 250 in Lyon by 6-3 and 7-5 against the local Arthur Filswho at the age of 18 won his first title as a professional.

The Frenchman born in 2004 had entered the tournament thanks to a special invitation, since it was in position number 112 in the ranking. After this triumph, he will add 248 points which will allow him to rank 63rd in the world ranking.

Throughout the tournament, Fils left behind Chinese Zhang Zhizhan, Swedish Mikael Ymer (who was disqualified after smashing a racket against the referee’s chair), He did not have to play against the first seed of the tournament, the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime since he did not show up, and in the semi-finals he beat the American Brandon Nakashima.

On the side of Cerúndolo, he began his journey in the tournament in the round of 16case in which beat the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas. In the quarter-finals he beat Britain’s Jack Draper in three sets and in the semi-finals he crushed Cameron Norrie.who was the second seed, by 6-3 and 6-0.

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In the end we saw a Son who was superior at all times. In the first set he reached it with a break in the sixth game to take some distance, while in the second he broke the Argentine’s serve a few times, but the nerves got the better of him and he couldn’t get the advantage.

But The key moment came at 5-5, when he managed to break Cerúndolo’s serve for the third time and then held his serve to claim the first title of his career.

Despite the loss, Cerúndolo climbed to 27th position in the standings and he’s getting closer and closer to the top 20, a group he could enter after Roland Garros, where he only defended the first round last year.