Francisco Cerundolo powers past Zhizhen Zhang 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Eastbourne on Thursday after playing a superlative match to play Mackenzie Mcdonald in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Francisco added to his prize money € 15,880 after winning this match. He has already won € 37,750 up to now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Cerundolo will add € 26,455 to his earnings to get in total € 64,205.
Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Zhizhen Zhang Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:08
At the end of the match, Francisco scored 55 points vs. Zhizhen’s 35.
Cerundolo
Cerundolo served pretty well to win 85% of the points (28/33) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 44% points (7/16) on his second serve. Cerundolo was exceptional in converting all the break points (4/4).
Zhang
On the other side, the Chinese was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Cerundolo and Zhang is 1-2 for Zhizhen.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald – stats
Cerundolo will compete against Mcdonald in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Mackenzie Mcdonald since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Cerundolo had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Zhizhen Zhang in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Cerundolo reinforced his lead after breaking Zhizhen in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Cerundolo failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
The Argentine was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Zhang was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (1-6 15-40).
They played 52 points. Francisco was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Zhizhen (29-23). Francisco lost 12 points on serve (19-12). On the other side, the Chinese conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Cerundolo had a racing start in this set after breaking Zhizhen Zhang in the 2nd game (2-0). Cerundolo improved his lead after breaking Zhang in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
A defining moment of this set was when Cerundolo won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the scoreline from 0-2 to 5-2.
Francisco was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Cerundolo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. The Argentine conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Zhizhen (26-12). The Argentine was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). On the losing side, the Chinese conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Tommy PaulPaul – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 4-6 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Mikael YmerYmer (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-5 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Tommy PaulPaul (0-1) – H2H details and stats
