Corentin Moutet survives Arthur Cazaux 6-7(1) 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Hangzhou on Saturday after conquering a huge battle in what was an all-French player contest. Moutet will play Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 47 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Corentin added to his prize money $ 12,920 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 30,805 after this win. If he wins the next match, Corentin will add $ 22,360 to his earnings to get in total $ 53,165 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Moutet scored 126 points vs. Cazaux’s 120.
Moutet
Moutet was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Cazaux
On the other side, Cazaux was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 17% – 2/12). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Moutet and Cazaux is 2-0 for Corentin.
Draw and next match H2H: Corentin Moutet vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry – stats
Moutet will face Martin Etcheverry in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Corentin Moutet and Tomas Martin Etcheverry play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Martin Etcheverry (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Martin Etcheverry won 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Carlo back in April 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 Arthur snatched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to finally conquering the set (7-6).
Arthur was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Corentin was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, Arthur won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Corentin (44-45). Arthur lost 15 points on serve (26-15). In addition, on the other side, Moutet conceded 18 points on serve (30-18).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Corentin clinched in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Arthur couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Corentin converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40). On the other side, Arthur was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 70 points. Corentin won 6 points more than Cazaux (38-32). Moutet conceded 13 points on serve (23-13). on the other side of the court, Cazaux conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
Moutet started the set in the best possible way after breaking Arthur Cazaux in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was the key and it was sufficient for Cazaux to win the set (7-6) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Tiebreak
Corentin won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Arthur won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 9th (3-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Arthur converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 86 points. It’s worth to point out that, Corentin won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Arthur (42-44). Moutet lost 21 points on serve (33-21). on the other side of the net, Arthur conceded 9 points on serve (23-9).
Tennis Scores in Hangzhou
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3)
- Yibing WuWu – Sebastian KordaKorda (4-6 6-1 6-4)
- Alexander BublikBublik – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-76 6-4 6-4)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-4)
- Learner TienTien – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-4 6-3)
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-62)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (6-2 6-3)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-71 6-3 7-63)
Upcoming matches
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Yibing WuWu – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H details and stats