
Francisco Cerundolo hustles Mackenzie Mcdonald 4-6 7-6(3) 6-1 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Saturday. Cerundolo will seek to keep on going in this event against Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Francisco added to his prize money $ 26,850 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 64,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francisco will add $ 45,750 to his earnings to get in total $ 110,250 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Francisco scored 106 points vs. Mackenzie’s 95.
Cerundolo
The Argentine won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Mcdonald
On the other side, Mackenzie was effective when converting 75% of the break points that he conquered points (3/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Cerundolo and Mcdonald is 3-0 for Francisco.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp – stats
Cerundolo will compete against Van De Zandschulp in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Botic Van De Zandschulp since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Cerundolo started the set strong after breaking Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, the American managed to stage a great comeback to break Cerundolo in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
Mackenzie was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-2 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40). Also, on the other side, Cerundolo was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 61 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Mcdonald won only 1 point more than the Argentine (31-30). Mcdonald lost 12 points on serve (18-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Argentine conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Cerundolo won the set after he broke Mackenzie in the 6th (4-2) game. Mackenzie tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. However, Cerundolo refused to give way to conquer the set 7-6.
Cerundolo converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They contested 103 points. It’s worth to point out that, Cerundolo won this set even if he scored less points 3 than the American (50-53). Cerundolo dropped 13 points on serve (17-13). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 33 points on serve (40-33).
Cerundolo had a racing start in this set after breaking Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 2nd game (2-0). Francisco managed to boost his lead after breaking the American in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Mackenzie was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Cerundolo converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Argentine didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. The Argentine conquered the set after winning 13 points more than the American (25-12). Francisco was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). On the losing side, Mcdonald conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 6-2)
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-4 6-2)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-3 7-5)
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-5)
- Jack DraperDraper – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-4 6-0)
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Sebastian KordaKorda (7-62 7-64)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Hugo GastonGaston (7-5 6-3)
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-2 3-6 6-1)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-4)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adam WaltonWalton (6-3 6-2)
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 7-5)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jakub MensikMensik (3-6 6-0 6-3)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-3 6-2)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-2)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 7-63 6-1)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-5 6-1)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Zizou BergsBergs (7-64 7-5)
- Marcos GironGiron – Casper RuudRuud (7-64 3-6 6-2)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 6-3)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-3 6-1)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 7-62)
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Tomas MachacMachac (4-6 4-2 ret.)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-64 7-67)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 5-7 6-2)
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (3-6 6-4 7-5)
- Holger RuneRune – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-2 6-4)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 6-4)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Colton SmithSmith (6-3 6-4)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-2 6-2)
- Arthur FilsFils – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-2 6-2)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexander ZverevZverev (4-6 7-65 7-64)
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 ret.)
Upcoming matches
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Gael MonfilsMonfils (2-4) – H2H details and stats
- Marcos GironGiron – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-5) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jack DraperDraper – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-0) – H2H details and stats





