Francisco Cerundolo gets by Jannik Sinner 6-7(3) 6-2 6-2 in the 4th round in Rome on Tuesday. Cerundolo will fight against Casper Ruud in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Francisco added to his prize money € 76,625 after winning this match. He has already won € 161,525 after this win. If he wins the next match, Cerundolo will add € 147,265 to his earnings to get in total € 308,790 in total.
Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jannik Sinner Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:25
At the end of the match, Cerundolo scored 99 points vs. Jannik’s 80.
Cerundolo
Cerundolo was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (7/14).
Sinner
On the other side, Sinner had some problems converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Cerundolo and Sinner is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Cerundolo will square off with Ruud in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Francisco Cerundolo and Casper Ruud fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Cerundolo won 7-65 6-3 in the 3rd round in Barcelona back in April 2023.
Cerundolo was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, he conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 52 points vs. Ruud’s 32 points.
Live score progression and stats
Cerundolo started the set in the best possible way after breaking Jannik Sinner in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Jannik to win the set because Cerundolo found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Sinner maintained his cool to break Cerundolo in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-6).
Sinner failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
Sinner was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Cerundolo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 12th (5-6 15-40) and the 14th game (5-7 30-40).
They contested 95 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Jannik won only 1 point more than Francisco (48-47). Jannik dropped 23 points on serve (31-23). on the other side of the court, Francisco conceded 17 points on serve (24-17).
Cerundolo conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Jannik Sinner in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, that was not enough for Cerundolo to win the set because the Italian succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game. The Argentine maintained his focus to break Jannik in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Jannik was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Cerundolo converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Sinner converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 46 points. Cerundolo was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Sinner (28-18). The Argentine surrendered 8 points on serve (14-8). In addition, on the other side, Sinner conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).
Cerundolo didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Jannik Sinner in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was crucial for Francisco to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The Argentine was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Francisco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. Francisco was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Jannik (24-14). Francisco dropped 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 6 points on serve (8-6).
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