
Francisco Cerundolo destroys Alexandre Muller 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Miami on Friday after playing a marvellous match to square off with Tommy Paul in the 3rd round. The match lasted exactly 1 hour. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Cerundolo added to his prize money $ 25,180 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 60,440 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add $ 42,785 to his earnings to get in total $ 103,225 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Cerundolo scored 58 points vs. Muller’s 34.
Cerundolo
Francisco served extremely well to win 76% of the points (22/29) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (9/13) on his second serve. The Argentine was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that he conquered (5/7).
Muller
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Cerundolo and Muller is 1-2 for Alexandre.
Draw and next match H2H: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Cerundolo will take on Paul in the 3rd round.
This will be the 7th time that Francisco Cerundolo and Tommy Paul fight against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), but Paul leads 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Cerundolo had a great start in this set after breaking Alexandre Muller in the 1st game (1-0). Francisco improved his lead after breaking Alexandre in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
Francisco failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 0.
Muller had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Cerundolo converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Cerundolo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. Cerundolo conquered the set after winning 16 points more than the French player (30-14). The Argentine was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Alexandre conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).
Cerundolo in this set played at a much higher level than Alexandre and finally he won 6-2 after breaking the French player in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Francisco converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Alexandre wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They contested 48 points. Francisco was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the French player (28-20). Cerundolo dropped 7 points on serve (15-7). In addition, on the other side, Muller conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
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