Carlos Alcaraz tops Francisco Cerundolo 6-3 7-6(4) in the quarter in Indian Wells on Thursday. Alcaraz will try to keep the momentum against Jack Draper in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament twice in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 152,850 after winning this match. He has already won $ 354,850 up to now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Alcaraz will add $ 283,900 to his earnings to get in total $ 638,750.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Francisco Cerundolo BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:43
At the end of the match, Carlos scored 81 points vs. the Argentine’s 65.
Alcaraz
Alcaraz served pretty well to win 75% of the points (36/48) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (15/25) on his second serve. Alcaraz was effective at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).
Cerundolo
On the other side, Cerundolo was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Cerundolo is 2-1 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jack Draper – stats
Alcaraz will square off with Draper in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Carlos Alcaraz and Jack Draper square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Alcaraz won 7-5 6-1 ret. in the 4th round in Australian open back in January 2025.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Carlos clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The Argentine was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Alcaraz converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, the Argentine was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 70 points. Carlos conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Francisco (39-31). Carlos lost 10 points on serve (23-10). on the other side of the court, Cerundolo conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
Carlos clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.
Tiebreak
Carlos won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Cerundolo won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.
Carlos won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Alcaraz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (2-4 30-40). On the other side, Francisco converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 76 points. The Spaniard conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Cerundolo (42-34). Carlos lost 12 points on serve (28-12). On the losing side, Francisco conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Holger RuneRune – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (5-7 6-0 6-3)
- Jack DraperDraper – Ben SheltonShelton (6-4 7-5)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Arthur FilsFils (6-4 2-6 7-67)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-3 7-64)
Upcoming matches
- Jack DraperDraper – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-2) – H2H details and stats
