The Argentinian has played brilliantly in Madrid. Cachín played a great game and achieved one of the most important victories of his career after defeating Tiafoe (6-1, 7-6(2)) and reaching the round of 16.
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Argentina had the first representative of the day from Monday Pedro Cachín. Pedro had just beaten his compatriot Francisco Cerúndolo in a match where he was very solid. The Argentinian’s confidence is through the roof and now he’s trying to win a Frances Tiafoe which passed Etcheverry. The American was confident in the crucial moments and beat the Argentine to continue his journey Madrid 2023. There is no precedent for H2H between the two, and the winner faced Struff.
Pedro Cachín continues his dream
The match started very expensively for Pedro Cachín, who started with very solid tennis. In addition, the Argentine took advantage of his rival’s mistakes. Tiafoe was not comfortable and many balls were long. This allowed Cachín to quickly go up 3-0. The crowd was divided between both players but tried to support Tiafoe who wanted to see more fight on the court. Things didn’t change and Tiafoe didn’t find tennis. More mistakes kept giving free points to Pedro Cachín, who converted it with the odd winner. The first round ended in just 25 minutes and fell to the Argentine.
In the second set, Frances Tiafoe got to take the initiative on the scoreboard. The American saw the problems get worse and Cachín got a break in the third game to put him on the road to victory. After a double fault from the Argentine, Tiafoe fought back to get to the table on the counter break. From that moment on, Tiafoe alternated mistakes with successes, although each time he played more comfortably. This way the pressure was transferred to the other side again and again. Cachín was very confident throughout, relying on his excellent passing. Frances never came to bring fear into Cachín’s body.
Tiafoe came to the net several times, leaving quality flashes, but they did him little good. In the end they went to a draw. Tiafoe rushed and made mistakes against Cachín, who showed his big personality. Bravely, he raised his fist again and again to celebrate points to end up dominating and advancing to the round of 16 at the Mutua Madrid Open 2023..
