Francisco Cerundolo bests Darderi in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Muller. HIGHLIGHTS – RIO DE JANEIRO RESULTS

RIO OPEN - RIO DE JANEIRO DRAW AND RESULTS. Cerundolo ousts Darderi to fight against Alexandre Muller in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Francisco Cerundolo wins against Luciano Darderi 6-7(1) 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rio De Janeiro on Thursday. Cerundolo will clash against Alexandre Muller in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2022 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

Cerundolo
Rio De Janeiro
Cerundolo's Record

Francisco added to his prize money $ 30,605 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 65,645 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francisco will add $ 62,845 to his earnings to get in total $ 128,490 in total.

Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Luciano Darderi Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cerundolo
Darderi
Francisco Cerundolo
6-71 6-3 6-2
2h:09
Luciano Darderi
93
93
Total points
78
78
48
48
Winners
36
36
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
4
4
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
64%
64%
1st in
63%
63%
83%
83%
1st won
71%
71%
48/58
48/58
1st won
36/51
36/51
44%
44%
2nd won
47%
47%
14/32
14/32
2nd won
14/30
14/30
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
1/3
1/3
44%
44%
Won
33%
33%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Argentine scored 93 points vs. Darderi’s 78.

Cerundolo

Cerundolo served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (48/58) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 44% points (14/32) on his second serve. Cerundolo won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Darderi

On the other side, the Italian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alexandre Muller – stats

Cerundolo will play Muller in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Alexandre Muller clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Muller (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

Francisco Cerundolo Draw info

1st
Cerundolo
Darderi
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Cerundolo
Darderi
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Cerundolo
Darderi
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro

  • Jaime FariaFaria – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 2-6 6-3)
  • Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-71 6-3 6-2)
  • Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 6-4)
  • Alexandre MullerMuller – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-5 7-65)
  • Alexander ZverevZverev – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (7-61 7-66)
  • Sebastian BaezBaez – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 1-6 6-3)
  • Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-74 6-3 7-64)
  • Francisco ComesanaComesana – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-64 6-71 7-66)

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