Matteo Berrettini prevails over Francisco Cerundolo 5-7 7-6(1) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Wednesday. Berrettini will face Holger Rune in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Matteo added to his prize money € 36,060 after winning this match. He has already won € 77,760 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 67,620 to his earnings to get in total € 145,380 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Matteo scored 114 points vs. Francisco’s 106.
Berrettini
Berrettini served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (48/61) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (20/39) on his second serve. Matteo won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 19% (3/16) of the procured opportunities.
Cerundolo
On the other side, Cerundolo was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that he procured points (3/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Cerundolo is 1-0 for Matteo.
Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune – stats
Berrettini will square off with Rune in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Matteo Berrettini and Holger Rune fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Berrettini and Rune (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Rune won 6-0 1-0 ret. in the quarter in Acapulco back in March 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Berrettini conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, Francisco refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Italian 3 times in the 7th (2-5), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Berrettini had no answers in the last 8 games of the set when the score went from 0-5 to 7-5. However also Berrettini won 5 consecutive games from 0-0 to 5-0
The Argentine was flawless in converting all his break points in the 7th (1-5 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (3-5 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Italian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (5-1 0-40) and the 4th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 81 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Argentine won barely 1 point more than the Italian (41-40). Francisco dropped 17 points on serve (22-17). On the other side, Berrettini conceded 19 points on serve (23-19).
The Italian won the set after he broke the Argentine .
Matteo was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Berrettini didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 75 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Italian won only 1 point more than the Argentine (38-37). Matteo conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). On the losing side, Cerundolo conceded 18 points on serve (32-18).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Matteo snatched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The Italian converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 64 points. Matteo won 8 more points than Cerundolo (36-28). Berrettini lost 8 points on serve (21-8). On the other side, the Argentine conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).
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