Karen Khachanov soars past Francisco Cerundolo 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Miami on Thursday after playing an extraordinary match to deal with Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 3rd round in 2018 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Karen added to his prize money $ 168,170 after winning this match. He has already won $ 352,635 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 309,725 to his earnings to get in total $ 662,360.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Francisco Cerundolo Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:15
At the end of the match, Khachanov scored 60 points vs. Cerundolo’s 43.
Khachanov
Khachanov served pretty well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (11/22) on his second serve. Karen was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).
Cerundolo
On the other side, Cerundolo was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Cerundolo is 2-0 for Karen.
Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Khachanov will square off with Medvedev in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Karen Khachanov and Daniil Medvedev fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Medvedev won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Adelaide back in January 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Khachanov won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Karen broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Cerundolo was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Russian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Argentine converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 60 points. Karen was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the Argentine (35-25). Khachanov conceded 10 points on serve (20-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Francisco conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Khachanov conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was enough for the Russian to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.
Khachanov was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Argentine (25-18). The Russian lost 7 points on serve (16-7). On the other side, the Argentine conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Taylor FritzFritz (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Jannik SinnerSinner (3-2) – H2H details and stats
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (3-1) – H2H details and stats
