Focusing on last week's key event on the tour, the brothers' meeting on the field became a good story

Before you know it, the midway point of February 2025 is approaching, and the ATP 500 Doha Open, the first tour to be held in the Middle East, has officially kicked off. In the three tournaments that ended last week, the 2024 New Force Champion and Brazilian Fonseca defeated four Argentinians in a row to win his first career tour title at ATP 250 Buenos Aires. Serbia's Kecmanovic won his second career tour title at ATP 250 Deira Beach, his second title in five years. The player used the championship trophy to show the world that Serbian tennis is not only 24-time Grand Slam legend Djokovic; France's Amber defended his title on the same tour for the first time in his career with a two-set defeat over Serbia's compatriot and junior brother Novak Djokovic, the 2023 New Force Finals champion, and Serbia's Mejdovic, in straight sets in the final of the ATP 250 Marseille Open. Frankly, all three of these fighters are writing brilliant chapters in their careers with their victories. However, on the tennis court, it's not just the winners. In many cases, there are also a lot of key battles on the tennis circuit outside of the finals. Today, let the author take you to see it in a humble article.

Nowadays, when it comes to Cerundolo, many fans will have a certain impression. The player has now won three tournaments on tour, and he has reached the round of 16 twice at a Grand Slam tournament. At present, Cerundolo firmly occupies the position of the first brother of Argentine men's tennis. However, perhaps few people know that the player's full name is Francisco Cerundolo, and he has a younger brother who also plays tennis and is also playing well, and this brother's full name is Juan Manuel Cerundolo. Back in 2021, Juan Manuel Cerundolo won his first career tour title, even a year before his brother Francisco Cerundolo won his first career tour title.

However, due to various reasons, Juan Manuel Cerundolo has not reached the final of the tour since then, and not only that, he has only won one Grand Slam main draw. Such a record allowed Juan Manuel Cerundolo to be surpassed by his brother Francisco Cerundolo in the world rankings.

With the world rankings already out of the top 120 last week, Juan Manuel Cerundolo was forced to start qualifying for the ATP 250 Buenos Aires Open. Fortunately, he won two games in a row and made it to the main event. It should be noted that in the deciding round of the qualifying round, facing the Indian men's tennis No. 1 brother Nagar, Juan Manuel Cerundolo equalized the set and dragged it into the deciding set after losing one set first; The deciding set was just started, the score was leading, and the opponent retired due to physical reasons to win, which can be described as quite a thrilling victory.

In the first round, Juan Manuel Cerundolo swept his opponent in two sets against Argentine-born Italian Dardry to reach the second round, and his opponent in the second round was none other than his brother Francisco Cerundolo. It's rare for brothers to meet on the ATP Tour. Misha Zverev, the elder brother of Germany's Zverev Jr., the forerunner of the post-90s Masters championship, has no trace of him in the top 2000 rankings, although he has also won the tournament in the past. Serbian star Novak Djokovic's younger brother, Marko Djokovic, is now working more behind the scenes on the tour. This scene tells us how rare it is for brothers to meet at a high level on the tour.

In this game, no miracles appeared. His brother, Francisco Cerundolo, was seeded fifth, and his younger brother Juan Manuel Cerundolo won only five games in two sets. However, Juan Manuel Cerundolo's world ranking has improved thanks to a wave of three consecutive victories from the qualifying rounds. The author personally thinks that no one is the real loser in this brother's net match on the tennis court, netizens, what do you think?

A lot of times, the world of tennis is really just a teahouse. In this teahouse, there are many, many tea customers who have been here for a long time, and some of them have become quite famous. However, there are always fledgling tea drinkers who come here and look forward to tasting the sweet tea with their own efforts. And the author is just a small scholar in the corner of this teahouse who tells the stories of these tea customers in obscurity. I hope my article can bring some fresh information to all fans. Whether it's compliments or criticisms, maybe it's just to be able to get me far. That's it for today, and it continues tomorrow.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Yixin Jushi)