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Elmer Moller records one of the biggest wins of his career in ATP tournament in Santiago

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Svend Bertil Frandsen

Published 5 months ago

Elmer Moller on Tuesday recorded one of the biggest wins of his career when he won 7-6, 0-6, 6-4 against the Argentinian Roman Andres Burruchaga in the ATP 250 tournament Chile Open to book his ticket for the second round.

[p]For the first time in six months, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moeller-elmer/SU8MMreH/"]Elmer Moller[/a] appeared in a main tournament on the ATP Tour on Tuesday, with great success.[/p][p]In the first round of the ATP 250 tournament, Chile Open, the 22-year-old tennis player won against the Argentinian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/burruchaga-roman-andres/CE7B5N90/"]Roman Andres Burruchaga[/a] and booked his ticket to the second round.[/p][p]However, it certainly wasn't an easy win for Elmer Moller. After winning the first set, the Dane was taken apart in the second set by Roman Andres Burruchaga. [/p][p]But Elmer Moller recovered, broke the Argentine's serve three times in the third set, and won 7-6, 0-6, 6-4.[/p][p]In general, the match was characterized by two players finding it incredibly difficult to hold serve. There were a total of 14 service breaks in the match.[/p][p]The Argentine recorded most service breakthroughs to emphasize that Elmer Moller still has a lot to work on when it comes to his service game.[/p][p]In Tuesday's match, however, the Dane managed to break the opponent's serve at the right times, and Elmer Moller can now look forward to facing the first-seeded Argentine [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cerundolo-francisco/lWQ3G6gB/"]Francisco Cerúndolo[/a], who is ranked 19th in the world.[/p][p]Elmer Moller's last appearance on the men's top-ranked tour was at the end of August, when he crashed out of the US Open in the first round.[/p][p]Since the US Open, he has mainly played Challenger tournaments - the level just below the ATP Tour. He won a tournament in Portugal in November on the Challenger Tour, but has otherwise had difficulty achieving good results.[/p][p]In January, he attempted to qualify for the Australian Open, but failed to reach the main tournament. [/p]

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