Karen Khachanov conquers Francisco Cerundolo 7-6(4) 7-6(9) in the 2nd round in Beijing on Sunday. Khachanov will try to keep the momentum against Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 47,520 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 101,925 after this win. If he wins the next match, Khachanov will add $ 97,570 to his earnings to get in total $ 199,495 in total.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Francisco Cerundolo China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
85
80
40
33
47%
41%
3
2
5
3
58%
56%
82%
73%
40/49
33/45
47%
54%
17/36
19/35
3/5
3/6
60%
50%
At the end of the match, Karen scored 85 points vs. Francisco’s 80.
Khachanov
Khachanov served pretty well to win 82% of the points (40/49) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 47% points (17/36) on his second serve. Khachanov was pretty good at converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Cerundolo
On the other side, Cerundolo was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (3/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Cerundolo is 7-0 for Karen.
Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats
Khachanov will square off with Alcaraz in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Karen Khachanov and Carlos Alcaraz clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Karen won the set after he broke Cerundolo in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Francisco tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, the Russian didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 7-6.
Karen failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.
Karen was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Francisco was unerring in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40).
They contested 72 points. Khachanov was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Cerundolo (39-33). Khachanov dropped 17 points on serve (28-17). In addition, on the other side, Cerundolo conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
The Russian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 11th (5-6) game, Khachanov broke back in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 11-9.
Tiebreak
Karen won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 19th (10-9) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, Francisco won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (1-4) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9
The Russian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 12th game (5-6 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Karen saved 1 set point when he was trailing 7-8. Furthermore, on the other side, Cerundolo converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Russian won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Cerundolo (45-48). Karen conceded 15 points on serve (29-15). on the other side of the court, Francisco conceded 16 points on serve (33-16).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 6-4)
Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-64 7-69)
Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-1 6-2)
Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-66 6-2)
Flavio CobolliCobolli – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-2)
Jannik SinnerSinner – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (3-6 6-2 6-3)
Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-6 6-2 6-1)
Upcoming matches
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Andrey RublevRublev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-0) – H2H details and stats
Jannik SinnerSinner – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-2) – H2H details and stats
Flavio CobolliCobolli – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H details and stats