Albert Ramos-Viñolas

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Spanish sixth seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas set a semi-final showdown with Londero with a 7-6(5), 7-5 win over fourth-seeded Italian Lorenzo Sonego. The World No. 44 lefty is making his second appearance of the year, having fallen to Baez in five sets in the first round of the Australian Open. The 34-year-old has won three ATP Tour titles (all on clay).

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He'll face sixth seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the final, after the Spaniard beat Argentine wild card Juan Ignacio Londero, 7-6(4), 6-4, in the second semi-final.

In the second semi-final, Ramos-Vinolas hit five aces and won 79 per cent of his first-serve points (37/47), and neither man dropped serve until three straight breaks closed out the contest. With the first set in hand courtesy of a tie-break, the Spaniard finally broke through on the return at 3-4 in the second. Buoyed by the Argentine crowd, Londero bounced back to break at love, only to lose the match on another break of serve when he double-faulted on a third match point.

"When I came here after Australia, I didn’t expect to be in the final, to be honest," said the sixth seed, who lost to Baez in five sets at the year's first Slam. "I was not playing my best. The preseason very hard but the feeling was not very good. Now I’m in the final. The only thing I can do is try to fight as much as I can."

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#4) Cordoba 2022


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R1 Andrej Martin 64 63
R2 Juan Pablo Varillas 64 23 i krecz
QF Lorenzo Sonego 76(5) 75
SF Juan Ignacio Londero 76(4) 64
W Alejandro Tabilo 46 63 64

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Ramos-Vinolas Spoils Tabilo's Dream Run With Incredible Comeback In Cordoba Final

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Lefty claims fourth ATP Tour title
Albert Ramos-Vinolas spoiled Alejandro Tabilo’s dream run on Sunday at the Cordoba Open, rallying past the Chilean 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to claim his fourth ATP Tour title.

For most of the evening it appeared the veteran lefty was destined to fall short in the Cordoba championship match for the second consecutive year. But the Spaniard battled from a break down in the second set and two breaks down in the decider to triumph after two hours and 41 minutes.

"I'm really happy. Incredible for me to have the fourth title. It was very difficult today," Ramos-Vinolas said. "I was almost lost, and somehow I came back. I cannot be more happy."

In last year’s final, Ramos-Vinolas lost in the final against Juan Manuel Cerundolo, who like Tabilo went on a dream run on the Argentine clay. But the 34-year-old did not suffer the same fate twice, winning the final five games of the match from 1/4 down in the third set to triumph. After Tabilo missed a final backhand long, Ramos-Vinolas fell to the court in celebration.

"I don't know [how I came back] to be honest. I think I played a little bit more aggressive from 1-4 [in the third]. He missed some first serves. He was serving good and I started to return a little bit more aggressively than before," Ramos-Vinolas said. "When 1-4 to 3-4, I was feeling I had a chance."

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World No. 144 Tabilo, a qualifier, had never reached an ATP Tour quarter-final before this week. The Chilean ATP Cup star blazed through the qualifying and main draws without losing a set until the final. In the semi-finals, he stunned top seed and home favourite Diego Schwartzman in straight sets.

The 24-year-old was in position to close out Ramos-Vinolas, too. But the former World No. 17 was too solid in the crucial moments and forced Tabilo to beat him.

"It was a tough match. Still pretty happy with the whole week. Had a few chances at the end, but fell short. Still a positive match," Tabilo said. "Obviously there are little details to finish the match, which took over, a little bit of nerves. I've just got to learn from these mistakes, get some experience and hopefully next time I can do better."

Tabilo fought hard until the last point despite losing his double-break advantage in the third set. At 4-4, he earned a break point. Had he converted it, he would have served for the championship.

But Ramos-Vinolas hit a big serve down the ’T’ to get out of trouble and never looked back. The 2017 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters finalist broke his opponent's serve seven times in his victory.

The Spaniard has won more matches than any other player in Cordoba Open history with 12 (12-3). He also eliminared Slovakian Andrej Martin, Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas, fourth seed Lorenzo Sonego and 2019 Cordoba champion Juan Ignacio Londero this week.

"For me it was a very good week here last year and this year also. I'm really happy I made the final last year," Ramos-Vinolas said. "It's not revenge for me."

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Fifth seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who beat Sonego two weeks ago en route to the Cordoba title, was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Juan Ignacio Chela. The Spaniard faces countryman Pablo Andujar on Wednesday.

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