Francisco Cerundolo beats Rublev in the semifinal to battle vs Musetti. HIGHLIGHTS – UMAG RESULTS

Francisco Cerundolo topples Andrey Rublev 7-6(6) 6-4 in the semifinal in Umag on Friday. Cerundolo will face Lorenzo Musetti in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 53 minutes.

Umag

Cerundolo's Record

Cerundolo added to his prize money € 21,180 after winning this match. He has already won € 51,400 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francisco will add € 36,725 to his earnings to get in total € 88,125 in total.

Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Andrey Rublev Plava Laguna Croatia Open – Umag

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cerundolo

Rublev

7-6⁶ 6-4
1h:53

82

82

Total points

71

71

34

34

Winners

31

31

41%

41%

Ratio Winners

44%

44%

-- Serve --

4

4

Aces

3

3

6

6

Double Faults

5

5

54%

54%

1st in

58%

58%

79%

79%

1st won

72%

72%

34/43

34/43

1st won

31/43

31/43

53%

53%

2nd won

45%

45%

19/36

19/36

2nd won

14/31

14/31

-- Break Points --

2/5

2/5

Total

1/6

1/6

40%

40%

Won

17%

17%

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At the end of the match, Cerundolo scored 82 points vs. the Russian’s 71.

Cerundolo

Cerundolo served pretty well to win 79% of the points (34/43) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (19/36) on his second serve. Francisco won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.

Rublev

On the other side, the Russian had a tough time converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Cerundolo and Rublev is 2-1 for Francisco.

Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats

Cerundolo will play Musetti in the final.

This will be the 3^rd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Lorenzo Musetti play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Musetti (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

Live score progression and stats

Cerundolo was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Andrey Rublev in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Francisco to win the set because the Russian succeeded in breaking back in the 3^rd (1-2) game.

Francisco converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Andrey was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3^rd game (0-2 15-40).

They played 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Argentine won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Rublev (46-47). Francisco conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). On the other side, Rublev conceded 24 points on serve (37-24).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Francisco snatched in the 3^rd game (2-1) before finally winning the set (6-4).

The Argentine was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3^rd game (1-1 15-40). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 10^th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 60 points. The Argentine won 10 points more than Rublev (35-25). Francisco surrendered 12 points on serve (28-12). In addition, on the other side, Rublev conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).

Tennis Scores in Umag

• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jakub MensikMensik (6-4 6-1)
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Andrey RublevRublev (7-6⁶ 6-4)

Upcoming matches

• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H details and stats