Alexander Blockx tops Francisco Cerundolo 6-3 4-6 7-5 7-5 in the 4th round in New York on Monday. Blockx will face Karen Khachanov in the quarter. The battle lasted 3 hours and 16 minutes. This will be his most significant 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.
Blockx added to his prize money $ 300,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 780,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add $ 670,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,450,000 in total.
Highlights Alexander Blockx vs. Francisco Cerundolo U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
7-5
3h:16
At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 137 points vs. the Argentine’s 133.
Blockx
The Belgian fired 10 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Alexander was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (6/12).
Cerundolo
On the other side, the Argentine was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 18% – 3/17). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Blockx and Cerundolo is 2-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Blockx vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Blockx will come up against Khachanov in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Alexander Blockx and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Blockx commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Francisco Cerundolo in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Belgian to win the set because Cerundolo succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Alexander kept his cool to break the Argentine in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Blockx converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Francisco converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 60 points. The Belgian won 6 more points than Cerundolo (33-27). The Belgian conceded 16 points on serve (19-16). on the other side of the court, Cerundolo conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Argentine clinched in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Cerundolo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Belgian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 62 points. Cerundolo was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Belgian (36-26). Francisco dropped 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the net, Alexander conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Alexander won the set after he broke Cerundolo in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Cerundolo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Nonetheless, Alexander maintained the focus to win the set 7-5.
The Belgian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Francisco converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 79 points. The contest during this set was so even that Alexander won just 1 point more than Francisco (40-39). Blockx lost 16 points on serve (24-16). on the other side of the net, Francisco conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Alexander conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Blockx was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, Blockx didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 69 points. The Belgian won 7 points more than the Argentine (38-31). The Belgian conceded 6 points on serve (25-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Francisco conceded 13 points on serve (25-13).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Learner TienTien (7-5 4-6 6-76 6-1 6-4)
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-3 4-6 7-5 7-5)
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Arthur GeaGea (3-6 6-70 7-67 7-63 6-4)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-2 6-2 7-63)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-61 6-4 7-6)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-66 6-4 6-4)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-2 6-3 6-4)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Tommy PaulPaul (6-4 6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (2-0) – H2H details and stats
