Alexander Blockx conquers Flavio Cobolli 6-7(4) 6-3 6-0 6-3 in the 3rd round in New York on Saturday. Blockx will face off with Francisco Cerundolo in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2025. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Alexander added to his prize money $ 190,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 480,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add $ 300,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 780,000 in total.
Highlights Alexander Blockx vs. Flavio Cobolli U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
6-3
2h:45
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 136 points vs. Cobolli’s 91.
Blockx
The Belgian served exceptionally well to win 86% of the points (48/56) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (26/42) on his second serve. Blockx struck 17 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The Belgian won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 38% (8/21) of the procured opportunities.
Cobolli
On the other side, Flavio was battling in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Blockx and Cobolli is 2-1 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Blockx vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats
Blockx will fight against Cerundolo in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Blockx and Francisco Cerundolo clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Blockx (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The Italian won the set after he broke Alexander in the 3rd (2-1) game. The Belgian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nonetheless, the Italian maintained the focus to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
Flavio won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Belgian won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 6th (3-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
The Italian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Belgian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 8th game (3-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 77 points. It’s worth to point out that, Cobolli won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Blockx (38-39). Cobolli lost 13 points on serve (26-13). on the other side of the court, the Belgian conceded 12 points on serve (26-12).
Alexander won the set after he broke the Italian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Flavio was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Alexander converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Blockx didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 58 points. Blockx won 14 more points than Flavio (36-22). Blockx was perfect on serve to drop barely 1 point during his serving games (16-1). In addition, on the other side, Cobolli conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).
This set was completely uneven as Blockx conceded no games to Flavio before winning the set 6-0.
Blockx converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, the Belgian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 28 points. The Belgian was the winner of the set after clinching 20 more points than Cobolli (24-4). Blockx was absolutely perfect on serve to drop just 1 point during his serving games (12-1). Regarding the other side of the net, Flavio conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).
The Belgian won the set after he broke Cobolli in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Flavio tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Nonetheless, Alexander didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-3.
They played 65 points. Alexander conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Flavio (37-28). The Belgian dropped 10 points on serve (20-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Cobolli conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-3 6-2 6-4)
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Dane SweenySweeny (6-4 6-3 6-3)
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-74 6-3 6-0 6-3)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Taylor FritzFritz (3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-4 6-2 6-4)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-63 6-75 6-3 6-4)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-4 6-3)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yibing WuWu (6-3 6-4 6-1)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-4 6-4 6-4)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (7-65 6-4 6-3)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 3-6 6-74 6-1 6-3)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (2-6 6-1 7-63 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-2) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Benjamin BonziBonzi (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (2-6) – H2H details and stats
- Zizou BergsBergs – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
