Francisco Cerundolo topples Marc-Andrea Huesler 5-7 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 1st round in Antwerp on Tuesday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes.
Cerundolo added to his prize money € 4,425 after winning this match. He has won already € 11,375 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francisco will add € 8,220 to his earnings to get in total € 19,595 in total.
Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler European Open – Antwerp
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Argentine scored 111 points vs. Huesler’s 108.
Cerundolo
Cerundolo served extremely well to win 79% of the points (52/66) behind his first serve. However he won only 47% points (16/34) on his second serve. The Argentine won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Huesler
On the other side, the Swiss didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Cerundolo and Huesler is 1-0 for Francisco.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Marc-Andrea grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) prior to eventually winning the set (7-5).
The Swiss was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Marc-Andrea didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 66 points. Huesler won 10 more points than Cerundolo (38-28). Huesler surrendered 6 points on serve (24-6). In addition, on the other side, the Argentine conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
The Argentine won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, The Argentine broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-3.
Tiebreak
The Argentine won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3) and 10th (7-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Francisco converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Huesler converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 94 points. Cerundolo was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Huesler (49-45). Francisco lost 15 points on serve (31-15). on the other side of the court, Huesler conceded 18 points on serve (30-18).
Cerundolo won the set after he broke the Swiss in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Swiss was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Francisco converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, the Argentine didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 59 points. Cerundolo won 9 points more than Marc-Andrea (34-25). Francisco was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the net, Marc-Andrea conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).
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