Karen Khachanov rolls past Francisco Cerundolo 6-0 6-3 in the 1st round in Cincinnati on Monday after playing a great match to face off with Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the 3rd round in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Khachanov added to his prize money $ 21,865 after winning this match. He has already won $ 49,030 after this win. If he wins the next match, Khachanov will add $ 42,405 to his earnings to get in total $ 91,435 in total.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Francisco Cerundolo Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Khachanov scored 59 points vs. Francisco’s 37.
Khachanov
Karen served extremely well to win 77% of the points (24/31) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (9/17) on his second serve. Khachanov was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that he procured (5/7).
Cerundolo
On the other side, the Argentine wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Khachanov and Cerundolo is 6-0 for Karen.
Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Khachanov will take on Zverev in the 2nd round.
This will be the 7th time that Karen Khachanov and Alexander Zverev play each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Zverev won 6-1 6-4 in the 4th round in Miami back in March 2024.
Live score progression and stats
This set was a no-contest as the Russian conceded no games to the Argentine before winning the set 6-0.
Karen was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, the Argentine wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (0-5 40-A).
They contested 44 points. Khachanov won 14 points more than Francisco (29-15). The Russian dropped 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the net, Cerundolo conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
The Russian won the set after he broke Cerundolo in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Karen converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Francisco wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They contested 52 points. Karen won 8 more points than Francisco (30-22). Karen lost 8 points on serve (18-8). On the losing side, Cerundolo conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
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- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-0 6-3)
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