Francisco Cerundolo outlasts Aslan Karatsev 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) in the quarter in Hamburg on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Cerundolo will try to keep the momentum against Lorenzo Musetti in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes.

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Cerundolo's Record

The Argentine added to his prize money € 46,375 after winning this match. He has won already € 94,925 till now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add € 83,245 to his earnings to get in total € 178,170.

Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Aslan Karatsev Hamburg European Open – Hamburg

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cerundolo
Karatsev
6-3 4-6 7-64
2h:25
97
97
Total points
97
97
35
35
Winners
40
40
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
52%
52%
1st in
68%
68%
65%
65%
1st won
65%
65%
35/54
35/54
1st won
40/62
40/62
49%
49%
2nd won
45%
45%
24/49
24/49
2nd won
13/29
13/29
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
4/8
4/8
83%
83%
Won
50%
50%
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Cerundolo won this match even if he won the same amount of points of the Russian (97 vs. 97).

Cerundolo

The Argentine was pretty focused in converting 83% of the break points that he procured (5/6).

Karatsev

On the other side, the Russian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (4/8). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Cerundolo and Karatsev is 2-0 for Francisco.

Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats

Cerundolo will play Musetti in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Lorenzo Musetti square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Musetti (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

Live score progression and stats

The Argentine won the set after he broke Aslan in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

They played 54 points. The Argentine won 4 more points than Aslan (29-25). Cerundolo surrendered 9 points on serve (17-9). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).

The Russian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Russian broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4

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Francisco was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-4 to 6-4.

Karatsev was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (2-4 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Francisco was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 0-40).

They contested 54 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Francisco (30-24). Aslan lost 10 points on serve (17-10). On the losing side, Cerundolo conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).

Cerundolo won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd

(1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game, Cerundolo broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.

Tiebreak

Cerundolo won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Russian won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 9th (4-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

The Argentine was flawless in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40). On the other side, Aslan converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Francisco won just 2 points more than Karatsev (44-42). Francisco surrendered 22 points on serve (28-22). On the other side, Karatsev conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).

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