Juan Ignacio Londero

[Damian]

Juan Ignacio Londero, last week’s Swedish Open finalist, who won 82 per cent of his first service points to beat Spanish lucky loser Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 6-2 in 66 minutes.

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[Damian]

Argentine Juan Ignacio Londero had beaten Chile's Cristian Garin only twice in their seven non tour-level meetings. But Londero is 1-0 against Garin at tour-level, having upset the sixth seed 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Londero will next face South Korean qualifier Soonwoo Kwon, who sped past Germany's Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, last week's Gstaad finalist, 6-2, 6-1.

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[Kamileki]

ATP Los Cabos R2:

54 Lorenzo Sonego 962
55 Juan Ignacio Lóndero 940
56 Ugo Humbert 909

[arti]

12.08.2019

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 55

[Kamileki]

ATP M-1000 Cincy R2:

53 Jordan Thompson 976
54 Juan Ignacio Lóndero 970
55 Richard Gasquet 965

[Damian]

Djokovic will meet Juan Ignacio Londero in the next round. The Serbian has never played the Argentine, who earned just his third tour-level hard court win on Monday. He stormed past American Sam Querrey 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(3), 7-5.

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[Damian]

Londero: From The Challenger Tour To Challenging 'The Big 3'

Spoiler:

Argentine eager to build on momentum against Djokovic
“You don't realize you're losing these matches; your opponent isn't winning them. You get stuck in your own head; you lose your composure and that's why you wind up losing. The errors stick out in your mind when instead you should focus on what you should be doing, or what you're doing correctly."

This statement, made by Juan Ignacio Londero's psychologist, was just a small part of a longer, deeper assessment that lasted into the wee hours of the morning following a quarter-final loss to Facundo Arguello at an ATP Challenger Tour event in Punta del Este, Uruguay. What Londero didn't realize at the time was that his psychologist's evaluation would wind up being a watershed moment in the player's career.

The month was January, and the Argentine had reached a career-high No. 114 in the ATP Rankings. Still, Londero wasn't convinced his ranking reflected his true ability. After receiving a first-round bye at the Punta Open Challenger event, the 26-year-old won his next two matches -- both in straight sets -- before falling to fellow Argentine Arguello in three sets in the quarter-finals.

While the loss to Arguello was shattering, his psychologist's words would prove to be more profound.

"That match changed my year," the No. 56-ranked Londero recalls seven months later. “It was the first time my psychologist, who I had been working with for two years, was coming to all my matches. The match against Arguello ended very late; I stayed with ‘Gringo’ (coach Andres Schneiter), his wife, his children and my psychologist until 2 in the morning. I was devastated because I had been playing so well.”

Londero always had the skills to launch an assault on the sport's upper echelon, but something was holding him back from realising his full potential. “Listening to and absorbing what my psychologist had to say did a lot for me," Londero acknowledges. "It wasn't just what he said but also how he said it. It changed both my approach and my perspective. I kept his words with me.”

The readjustment was prompt, and the results were immediate. A few days after "the talk" Londero defeated Nicolas Jarry in the first round of the Cordoba Open, just a few hundred miles from where he resides in Buenos Aires. By the end of the week, Londero, a wild card at the event, lifted his first ATP Tour championship by defeating countryman Guido Pella 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the final.

The career milestones have piled up since then. By June, he advanced to the fourth round of Roland Garros -- in his first Grand Slam main draw -- before losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal. Just over a month later, he reached the final of the Swedish Open in Bastad and, earlier this month, he faced off against Roger Federer in a second-round match at the Western & Southern Open. On Monday, he advanced to the second round at the US Open by defeating Sam Querrey 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(3), 7-5.

On Wednesday, Londero will meet World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, meaning that in three months, the Argentine will have faced every member of the "Big 3." "I'm living a dream this year," he confesses, just months removed from the loss in Uruguay and the chain of events that have led up to this point. "Everything that is happening is so crazy, and even though it's so confusing, I'm keeping my composure. I'm also not stopping to think. I played against Rafa (Nadal) in Roland Garros and I enjoyed that moment. It was the same when I met Roger (Federer). The final in Bastad (against Jarry) ... I took that result as another phase in the process. This is how I'm channeling my energy."

Londero is taking his second-round match against Djokovic as a challenge in which he can apply what he has learned thus far in his evolution against an elite opponent. "They ('The Big 3') are all different,” he says. “Rafa is a machine of intensity, a player capable of covering every angle of the court. Roger can fire aces and hit winners from out of nowhere. And Novak does everything right. I'm going out there with the plan of having the best time possible on court. I'll need to manage my nerves and hope that the experience I've gained against Nadal and Federer can give me a bit of an edge when it counts against Djokovic."

For what it's worth, 20-time Grand Slam champion Federer had only positive things to say of Londero following their duel in Cincinnati. “He has a strong forehand; it's a tricky shot with lots of movement that he conceals well," Federer said. "I liked what I saw in our match and I'm sure he'll have a solid career. He's relentless; that's a quality that I respect a lot."

All the attention Londero has garnered during his rise through the ranks isn't getting to his head; rather, he’s staying grounded and eager to build on the momentum. “I haven't changed since playing Nadal or Federer,” Londero says. “I'm still the same person I always was. I take nothing for granted, nor do I think I'm entitled to anything. The positive thoughts, the words of encouragement, they mean a lot to me, but for now, I just want to keep progressing and continue my development."

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[arti]

US Open 2019 R2:

50 Pierre Hugues Herbert 1003
51 Juan Ignacio Lóndero 1000
52 Michaił Kukuszkin 996

[arti]

USO19: Djoković kolejnym rywalem.

Juan Ignacio Londero d. Sam Querrey 3-6 6-1 7-6(3) 7-5

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[Damian]

14.10.2019 r.

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 51

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11.11.2019

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 50

[arti]

2019 w liczbach:

Ranking: 50
Bilans meczów: 22-21
Tytuły: 1 (Cordoba)
Finały: 1 (Bastad)
Zarobki: $883,097

[Kamileki]

Juan Ignacio Londero - Cordoba [First-Time Winner Spotlight]

Juan Ignacio Londero began the Cordoba Open without a tour-level victory. Not only did he reach the final without dropping a set, but he rallied from a set down to defeat Guido Pella in the championship match 3-6, 7-5, 6-1, completing a dream run.

“It is an incredible feeling, for sure, and I did not expect to win the tournament. I came hoping to win one, two matches, even though I felt I was on a very good level. I knew I was training well, winning practice sets,” Londero said. “It's really something that I will never forget.

Londero was not a one-tournament wonder, either, winning 22 tour-level matches this season and finishing inside the Top 50 of the year-end ATP Rankings.

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[arti]

Eighth seed Juan Ignacio Londero began his title defence with a flourish in the night session, delighting the home crowd by navigating past Marco Cecchinato 6-2, 7-5. Londero didn't face a break point and won 70 per cent (26/37) of his first-serve points. Next up for Londero is fellow Argentine Pedro Cachin

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[Damian]

Londero Looking To Repeat In Cordoba

Spoiler:

Djere, Ramos-Vinolas also advance
Twelve months ago, Juan Ignacio Londero was a relative unknown on the ATP Tour. The Argentine, No. 112 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, hadn't won a tour-level match and received a wild card at the inaugural Cordoba Open.

But Londero won the ATP 250 and during the past year, he has proven his maiden title run was no fluke. Londero is at a career-high No. 50, and he returned to the Cordoba quarter-finals on Thursday night.

The 26-year-old beat countryman Pedro Cachin 6-3, 6-3 and will next meet Serbian Laslo Djere. Londero won 79 per cent (26/33) of his first-serve points and saved all five break points faced.

“I was a little nervous and that's why I talked to myself a lot and that's how I got in the game. The way I have to activate [myself] is by encouraging myself a lot. If I keep quiet, that doesn't happen. It was a game with many nerves for me, and I am glad I won it in straight sets,” Londero said.

“For me, it is more a motivation than a pressure to play in Cordoba and try to defend the title. If I had to defend the tournament elsewhere, without having the support of my family, my friends who can see me live, the truth is that I think it would be more difficult anywhere else. I have been having a good time.”


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Djere, the 2019 Rio presented by Claro champion, beat Spanish qualifier Pedro Martinez 6-3, 6-4. The Serbian finished 2019 on a seven-match losing streak but ended that in his first match of 2020 in Doha. He will try to reach his first semi-final since July at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag (l. to Balazs).

“The next match against Djere will be difficult, but I go game-by-game, point-by-point. I only think about the next one, to prepare well and be recovered,” Londero said.

Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas held off countryman Pablo Andujar 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4 to make his second quarter-final of 2020 (Adelaide). Ramos-Vinolas, a two-time ATP Tour clay-court titlist, broke Andujar at 4-4 in the third after a 20-minute rain delay.

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Play resumed with Andujar serving at 4-4, 0/30. The 34-year-old recovered to deuce, but Ramos-Vinolas converted his third break point of the game and served it out. The left-hander broke eight times from 21 opportunities.

He will next meet top seed Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, who raced into the quarter-finals with a 6-1, 7-5 win against Spain's Jaume Munar in the final match of the day.

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