World no. 24, and the twenty third seed, Francisco Cerundulo of Argentina, will take on Yannick Hanfmann of Germany, the world number 65, in the second round of the 2023 French Open on Thursday, June 1. Get the live streaming options of this Francisco Cerundulo v Yannick Hanfmann match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here.
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Francisco Cerundulo v Yannick Hanfmann Head to Head
The pair have played each other twice before, both times on clay in Argentina.
Cerundulo won in a Challenger event in 2022, and on the main tour this year.
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Cerundulo Progresses Despite Minor Setback
Cerundulo has reached the second round of the French Open for the first time in his career, despite Jaume Munar of Spain making it more difficult than he would have liked.
The Argentine started well enough, winning the first five games of the match, and cruising to the first set.
But, seemingly from nowhere, Munar raised his game and two successive breaks of serve enabled him to level the match by taking the second set.
The first four games of the third set went against serve, and then the pair swapped breaks again.
With nothing left to separate them it went to a tie-break, Cerundulo managed to take that despite losing his serve twice.
That seemed to sap the Spaniard’s resistance, and the number 23 seed took a decisive hold on the fourth set with two breaks, and rounded things off with yet another.
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Lucky Loser Hanfmann Battles Through
Hanfmann’s quarter-final in Rome came too late to prevent him having to qualify in Paris, and he seemed to have fallen at the final hurdle when he was beaten in the third round of the competition.
However, he got a reprieve as a Lucky Loser and a match with Thiago Monteiro of Brazil, in the last match to finish in the first round, in either draw, because of the lateness of the hour that the match was completed.
The German began well, an early break enough to give him the first set.
And yet another solitary break saw him further extend his lead in the second set.
A break down again in the third set, the Brazilian was staring defeat in the face. But he rallied, broke back straight away, and then went on to win the subsequent tie-break.
The pair swapped breaks in the middle of the fourth set, but, with nothing else to separate them, it went to another tie-break which Monteiro also won.
The momentum seemed firmly on the side of the world number 98 by this time, especially when he went a break up in the fifth set. But Hanfmann found all his reserves of energy to not only break back, but break again.
That gave him the chance to finally serve for the match, and, with the time well past eleven o’clock at night at Roland Garros, he finally took it,
Cerundulo v Hanfmann Prediction and Tip
Based on the previous two meetings between these two men, both on clay Cerundulo will start the favourite for this match. Hanfmann, though, has had his share of fortune in getting to this stage, and he will be hoping Lady Luck smiles on him again.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Cerundulo to win: 8/15
- Moderate Risk Tip: Under 36.5 games in the match: 7/8
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