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tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nFrancisco Cerundolo secured an unforgettable piece of tennis history by becoming the first Argentinian player to ever capture the prestigious Queen\u2019s Club title in London. His spectacular 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Tommy Paul was memorable on its own, but a last-minute family reunion in the stands put it over the top.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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After the title we learned how special the occasion was when Cerundolo thanked his father for \u201cgetting on a plane.\u201d Something that the Queen\u2019s Champion does virtually every week on tour is a thing that his father Alejandro had not done in a long, long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thanks to the reporting of La Nacion, we learned just how long.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For decades, Francisco\u2019s father, Alejandro \u201cToto\u201d Cer\u00fandolo\u2014a veteran tennis coach and former professional player\u2014suffered from a severe, deeply rooted phobia of flying. Alejandro\u2019s paralyzing fear, detailed in Sebasti\u00e1n Torok\u2019s report for the Argentinian outlet, had prevented Toto from traveling abroad to watch his children compete on the international stage.<\/p>\n
Cerundolo\u2019s father\u2019s intense anxiety originated in his childhood following the tragic 1972 Andes flight disaster, and it was later compounded by turbulent journeys during his own career. Despite traveling extensively as the former Fed Cup captain and coach to prominent Argentinian figures like Mercedes Paz and Jos\u00e9 Acasuso, the psychological barrier remained unbreakable. That\u2019s what made Alejandro Cerundolo\u2019s sudden cross-continental trip all the more shocking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Driven by his son\u2019s incredible run in London, Toto finally resolved to confront the demon. After his wife booked the tickets (without his knowledge, according to Torok), the couple embarked on a multi-leg journey from Buenos Aires, rushing through airports and monitoring live scores from the road.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad used to travel before. When I was born, he stopped traveling, because he hated planes and he couldn\u2019t handle it,\u201d Cerundolo said.<\/p>\n
The Queen\u2019s champion added that he didn\u2019t quite believe that his father was actually making the trip.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year he started taking therapy and trying to, I don\u2019t know, approach his fear. During the last week, he was saying, I will go to the grass season. He always loved London and always loved grass, and he never came.<\/p>\n
\u201cMe and my brother and my sister were saying, \u2018Okay, Dad, until you are in the plane, we don\u2019t trust you, we don\u2019t believe you.’\u201d<\/p>\n
Cerundolo\u2019s parents arrived at Queen\u2019s Club just as the decisive third set hung in the balance. Stepping onto the grounds with Francisco leading Tommy Paul 3-2 in the third set, Cerundolo\u2019s father was able to witness the final moments of the historic victory firsthand. When the champion turned to celebrate with his team, he was greeted by the emotional sight of both his parents. It was a fairy tale and on obstacle overcome. One that delivered a historic trophy and the ultimate Father\u2019s Day gift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Francisco Cerundolo secured an unforgettable piece of tennis history by becoming the first Argentinian player to ever capture…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-274331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}