Francisco Cerundolo clobbers Alexander Shevchenko 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Almaty on Friday after playing a solid match to play Gabriel Diallo in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Argentine added to his prize money $ 22,740 after winning this match. He has already won $ 54,075 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add $ 37,910 to his earnings to get in total $ 91,985.
Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alexander Shevchenko Almaty Open – Almaty
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:04
At the end of the match, Cerundolo scored 59 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 44.
Cerundolo
Cerundolo served very well to win 92% of the points (24/26) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (13/24) on his second serve. Cerundolo was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Shevchenko
On the other side, Alexander wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Cerundolo and Shevchenko is 2-1 for Francisco.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Gabriel Diallo – stats
Cerundolo will face Diallo in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Gabriel Diallo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Argentine in this set was much more effective than Alexander and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Alexander in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Francisco failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
The Kazakhstani was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Cerundolo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, the Argentine didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. The Argentine won 13 points more than Shevchenko (31-18). The Argentine dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). On the losing side, the Kazakhstani conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Cerundolo grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Cerundolo converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alexander wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 54 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Argentine won just 2 points more than Alexander (28-26). Cerundolo conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). On the other side, Shevchenko conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
Tennis Scores in Almaty
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-2 7-611)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-3)
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-2 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H details and stats
