Francisco Cerundolo gets the better of Van De Zandschulp in the 3rd round to clash vs De Minaur at the BNP Paribas Open – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Cerundolo beats Van De Zandschulp to face Alex De Minaur in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Francisco Cerundolo gets by Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells on Monday. Cerundolo will engage against Alex De Minaur in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

Cerundolo
Indian Wells
Cerundolo's Record

Francisco added to his prize money $ 45,750 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 110,250 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francisco will add $ 91,750 to his earnings to get in total $ 202,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cerundolo
Zandschulp
Francisco Cerundolo
6-3 6-4
1h:41
Botic Van De Zandschulp
69
69
Total points
59
59
25
25
Winners
24
24
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
54%
54%
1st in
65%
65%
66%
66%
1st won
65%
65%
25/38
25/38
1st won
24/37
24/37
61%
61%
2nd won
45%
45%
20/33
20/33
2nd won
9/20
9/20
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
Total
1/5
1/5
75%
75%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Francisco scored 69 points vs. Botic’s 59.

Cerundolo

Cerundolo was effective at converting 75% of the break points that he procured (3/4).

Van De Zandschulp

On the other side, the Dutch had some problems converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Cerundolo and Van De Zandschulp is 1-0 for Francisco.

Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alex De Minaur – stats

Cerundolo will take on De Minaur in the 4th round.

This will be the 2nd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Alex De Minaur play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, De Minaur won 5-7 7-63 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in Melbourne back in January 2025.

Francisco Cerundolo Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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CerundoloZandschulp
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0
0
Z
0
0

Cerundolo won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Francisco broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.

The Dutch couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-3 to 6-3.

Cerundolo was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Van De Zandschulp converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).

They played 66 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Francisco won just 2 points more than the Dutch (34-32). Francisco conceded 16 points on serve (23-16). On the losing side, Van De Zandschulp conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).

2nd Set -
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Argentine grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Francisco converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Van De Zandschulp wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 62 points. Cerundolo was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than the Dutch (35-27). Francisco surrendered 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the net, Botic conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).

1st
Cerundolo
Zandschulp
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Cerundolo
Zandschulp
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

  • Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 6-4)
  • Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-0)
  • Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-2 6-4)
  • Taylor FritzFritz – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (4-6 6-3 6-1)
  • Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Gael MonfilsMonfils (7-64 4-6 7-62)
  • Ben SheltonShelton – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 7-5)
  • Jack DraperDraper – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (7-5 6-4)
  • Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-4)
  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-3)
  • Marcos GironGiron – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (5-7 6-3 6-3)
  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (2-0 ret.)
  • Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-63 6-3)
  • Tommy PaulPaul – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 7-5)
  • Arthur FilsFils – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (3-6 7-64 6-3)
  • Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 7-66)
  • Holger RuneRune – Ugo HumbertHumbert (5-7 6-4 7-5)

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