Stefanos Tsitsipas dispatches Francisco Cerundolo 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Paris on Thursday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Greek added to his prize money € 69,620 after winning this match. He has already won € 149,685 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Greek will add € 124,740 to his earnings to get in total € 274,425 in total.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Francisco Cerundolo Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:21
At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 103 points vs. Francisco’s 90.
Tsitsipas
Stefanos served very well to win 84% of the points (49/58) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (17/34) on his second serve. Tsitsipas won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Cerundolo
On the other side, Francisco wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Cerundolo is 2-0 for Stefanos.
Live score progression and stats
The Argentine won the set after he broke Stefanos .
Francisco was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Also, on the other side, Stefanos was flawless in converting all his break points in the 14th game (5-7 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 89 points. Cerundolo was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Stefanos (47-42). Francisco dropped 13 points on serve (36-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Stefanos conceded 11 points on serve (29-11).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Greek conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).
The Greek wasted a good opportunity to break Francisco in the 9th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tsitsipas converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Stefanos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 65 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the Argentine (35-30). Tsitsipas dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). on the other side of the court, Cerundolo conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).
Stefanos in this set played much better tennis than Francisco and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Cerundolo in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Tsitsipas won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.
The Greek converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, Stefanos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. Tsitsipas won 15 points more than Francisco (27-12). Tsitsipas was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). on the other side of the court, Cerundolo conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).
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