Alexandre Muller upsets Francisco Cerundolo 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Rio De Janeiro on Friday. Muller will fight against Francisco Comesana in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes.

Rio De Janeiro
Muller's Record

Alexandre added to his prize money $ 62,845 after winning this match. He has already won $ 128,490 up to now in this event. If he wins the next match, Alexandre will add $ 112,610 to his earnings to get in total $ 241,100.

Highlights Alexandre Muller vs. Francisco Cerundolo Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muller
Cerundolo
7-5 6-1
1h:16
62
62
Total points
46
46
31
31
Winners
16
16
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
68%
68%
1st in
54%
54%
76%
76%
1st won
62%
62%
31/41
31/41
1st won
16/26
16/26
53%
53%
2nd won
50%
50%
10/19
10/19
2nd won
11/22
11/22
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
1/4
1/4
50%
50%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Alexandre scored 62 points vs. Francisco’s 46.

Muller

The French player served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (31/41) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (10/19) on his second serve. The French player was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).

Cerundolo

On the other side, Cerundolo had a tough time converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Muller and Cerundolo is 2-0 for Alexandre.

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

Muller will play Comesana in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Francisco Comesana since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Muller 7-5
MullerCerundolo
7
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
MullerCerundolo
7
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MullerCerundolo
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
MullerCerundolo
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MullerCerundolo
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MullerCerundolo
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MullerCerundolo
3
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
MullerCerundolo
2
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MullerCerundolo
2
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MullerCerundolo
1
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MullerCerundolo
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
MullerCerundolo
0
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MullerCerundolo
0
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A

Muller conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Francisco Cerundolo in the 1st game (1-0). However, Muller managed to stage a great comeback to break Cerundolo in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Muller failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.

The French player converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Argentine converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 6th (4-2 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 79 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Muller won just 3 points more than Francisco (41-38

). Muller dropped 18 points on serve (29-18). on the other side of the court, Francisco conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
2nd Set -
Muller 6-1
MullerCerundolo
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MullerCerundolo
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MullerCerundolo
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MullerCerundolo
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
MullerCerundolo
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MullerCerundolo
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Alexandre won the set after he broke Francisco in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.

Cerundolo had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Alexandre converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 29 points. Muller was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than the Argentine (21-8). Muller was unchallenged on serve to drop just 1 point during his serving games (12-1). Regarding the other side of the net, Cerundolo conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).

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

Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro

  • Alexandre MullerMuller – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-5 6-1)
  • Francisco ComesanaComesana – Alexander ZverevZverev (4-6 6-3 6-4)
  • Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Jaime FariaFaria (7-65 6-4)
  • Sebastian BaezBaez – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-4 6-1)

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