Francisco Cerundolo overcomes Andrey Rublev 7-6(6) 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Paris on Tuesday. Cerundolo will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This run will match his best result in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Argentine added to his prize money € 37,130 after conquering this match. He has already won € 80,065 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francisco will add € 69,620 to his earnings to get in total € 149,685 in total.
Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Andrey Rublev Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Argentine scored 108 points vs. Andrey’s 103.
Cerundolo
The Argentine won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 25% (4/16) of the procured opportunities.
Rublev
On the other side, Rublev was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Cerundolo and Rublev is 3-1 for Francisco.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Cerundolo will fight against Tsitsipas in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Tsitsipas won 6-3 6-73 7-64 in the 1st round in Basel back in October 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Cerundolo had a racing start in this set after breaking Andrey Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the Argentine managed to stage a great comeback to break Rublev in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-6).
The Argentine failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.
The Argentine missed the opportunity to break Andrey in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
A defining moment of this set was when Francisco won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 2-5 to 6-5.
They contested 112 points. This set was so close that, Cerundolo won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Cerundolo lost 29 points on serve (35-29). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).
Francisco conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Argentine broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
The Argentine won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Rublev won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
They contested 101 points. Cerundolo won 5 points more than Rublev (53-48). Cerundolo dropped 18 points on serve (25-18). On the losing side, Andrey conceded 28 points on serve (30-28).
Tennis Scores in Paris
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-4)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Casper RuudRuud (7-63 3-6 6-4)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-5 6-1)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Andrey RublevRublev (7-66 7-65)
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