Francisco Cerundolo downs Yibing Wu 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday. Cerundolo will play Gregoire Barrere in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Argentine added to his prize money € 21,790 after winning this match. He has already won € 48,835 after this win. If he wins the next match, Cerundolo will add € 36,065 to his earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Argentine scored 96 points vs. Wu’s 72.
Cerundolo
Francisco won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 47% (8/17) of the procured opportunities.
Wu
On the other side, Wu didn’t lose the focus when converting 71% of the break points that he conquered points (5/7). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Cerundolo and Wu is 1-0 for Francisco.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Gregoire Barrere – stats
Cerundolo will square off with Barrere in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Gregoire Barrere since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Cerundolo had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Yibing Wu in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Wu to win the set since Francisco succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. The Chinese maintained his focus to break Francisco in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Yibing failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
The Chinese was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Cerundolo was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (0-2 15-40), the 5th (1-3 0-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40).
They contested 64 points. This set was so close that, The Chinese won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Chinese conceded 18 points on serve (14-18). On the losing side, Francisco conceded 18 points on serve (14-18).
Cerundolo had a great start in this set after breaking Yibing Wu in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was enough for Cerundolo to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.
Francisco converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Cerundolo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. The Argentine conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Wu (34-25). Cerundolo was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Yibing conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).
Cerundolo had a great start in this set after breaking Yibing Wu in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Francisco managed to stage a great comeback to break the Chinese 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
A defining moment of this set was when the Argentine won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.
The Argentine converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Yibing was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They played 47 points. Cerundolo conquered the set after winning 15 points more than the Chinese (31-16). Cerundolo lost 5 points on serve (13-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 18 points on serve (11-18).
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