Francisco Cerundolo brushes past Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-0 in the semifinal in Lyon on Friday after playing a marvellous match to play Arthur Fils in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Francisco added to his prize money € 20,585 after winning this match. He has already won € 49,940 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add € 35,665 to his earnings to get in total € 85,605 in total.
Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Cameron Norrie Open Parc – Lyon
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Argentine scored 60 points vs. the Brit’s 38.
Cerundolo
The Argentine served very well to win 88% of the points (23/26) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (6/12) on his second serve. The Argentine won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.
Norrie
On the other side, the Brit wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Cerundolo and Norrie is 2-1 for Francisco.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Arthur Fils – stats
Cerundolo will come up against Fils in the final.
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Arthur Fils since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Cerundolo had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Cameron Norrie in the 1st game (1-0). The Argentine managed to boost his lead after breaking Norrie in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.
The Argentine failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
Cerundolo was unable to break the Brit in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Argentine converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Cameron wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 60 points. Francisco won 10 more points than the Brit (35-25). Francisco conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Cameron conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
The Brit wasn’t able to offer any resistance in this set and Francisco won the set 6-0.
The Argentine converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Argentine didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. The Argentine won 12 more points than the Brit (25-13). The Argentine was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (8-2). Regarding the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).
Tennis Scores in Lyon
- Arthur FilsFils – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-5 4-6 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression