Fantastic Francesco Passaro trashes Verdasco in the 1st round to play vs Cerundolo at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – BARCELONA RESULTS

BARCELONA OPEN BANC SABADELL - BARCELONA DRAW AND RESULTS. Passaro powers past Verdasco to compete against Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Fernando Verdasco

Francesco Passaro vanquishes Fernando Verdasco 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in Barcelona on Tuesday after playing a remarkable match to come up against Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 2 minutes.

Passaro
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Passaro's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Passaro
Verdasco
Francesco Passaro
6-1 6-1
1h:02
Fernando Verdasco
53
53
Total points
28
28
18
18
Winners
10
10
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
54%
54%
1st in
52%
52%
86%
86%
1st won
45%
45%
18/21
18/21
1st won
10/22
10/22
44%
44%
2nd won
25%
25%
8/18
8/18
2nd won
5/20
5/20
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
Total
1/2
1/2
75%
75%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Italian scored 53 points vs. the Spaniard’s 28.

Passaro

The Italian served very well to win 86% of the points (18/21) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 44% points (8/18) on his second serve. The Italian was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that he procured (6/8).

Verdasco

On the other side, the Spaniard was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Passaro and Verdasco is 1-0 for Francesco.

Draw and next match H2H: Francesco Passaro vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats

Passaro will fight against Cerundolo in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Francisco Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Francesco Passaro Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Passaro 6-1
PassaroVerdasco
6
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
PassaroVerdasco
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PassaroVerdasco
5
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
PassaroVerdasco
4
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
PassaroVerdasco
4
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
PassaroVerdasco
3
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
PassaroVerdasco
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
PassaroVerdasco
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

Passaro was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Fernando Verdasco in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. However, there was more work to do for the Italian to win the set since Verdasco succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (1-4) game. Passaro maintained his focus to break the Spaniard in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Verdasco had to surrender the 6th game (5-1) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve. There was an important spell in this set when the Italian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Passaro converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (0-4 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 47 points. Francesco was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Spaniard (27-20). The Italian surrendered 9 points on serve (13-9). On the other side, Fernando conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).

2nd Set -
Passaro 6-1
PassaroVerdasco
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
PassaroVerdasco
5
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
PassaroVerdasco
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
PassaroVerdasco
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PassaroVerdasco
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
PassaroVerdasco
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

Passaro won the set after he broke the Spaniard 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

The Spaniard couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Passaro converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, Francesco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 34 points. Francesco conquered the set after winning 18 points more than Verdasco (26-8). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (13-4). on the other side of the net, Verdasco conceded 13 points on serve (4-13).

1st
Passaro
Verdasco
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Passaro
Verdasco
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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