Francisco Cerundolo prevails over Roman Safiullin 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Belgrade on Wednesday. Cerundolo will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Hamad Medjedovic in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Cerundolo added to his prize money € 9,505 after conquering this match. He has already won € 22,670 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francisco will add € 16,450 to his earnings to get in total € 39,120 in total.
Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Roman Safiullin Belgrade Open – Belgrade
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Cerundolo scored 64 points vs. Safiullin’s 58.
Cerundolo
Cerundolo served very well to win 85% of the points (28/33) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (13/26) on his second serve. Cerundolo was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4).
Safiullin
On the other side, Roman wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Cerundolo and Safiullin is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Hamad Medjedovic – stats
Cerundolo will face Medjedovic in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Hamad Medjedovic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Francisco grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Francisco converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 9th (5-3 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Safiullin was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 72 points. Cerundolo won 8 points more than Safiullin (40-32). The Argentine conceded 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the court, Roman conceded 19 points on serve (23-19).
Cerundolo overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Roman Safiullin in the 2nd game (2-0). Cerundolo managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Roman before winning the set (6-4).
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moreover, on the other side, the Argentine didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. It’s worth to point out that, Francisco won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Safiullin (24-26). Francisco dropped 9 points on serve (20-9). On the losing side, Safiullin conceded 4 points on serve (17-4).
Tennis Scores in Belgrade
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-1)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 6-4)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 6-4)
- Laslo DjereDjere – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-1 7-68)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 7-5)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 7-64)
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-65 6-4)
- Lukas KleinKlein – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 7-66)
Upcoming matches
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- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lukas KleinKlein – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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