Insolite - Cerundolo breaks the curse!

A small anomaly has come to an end. Francisco Cerundolo, ranked 22nd in the world and a great adept of playing on ochre, had never before won a match in Madrid. Despite a very high clay-court win ratio (63%), he had been beaten in his very first match in 2022 and 2023.

The winner of his match against Fabian Marozsan on Friday, ranked 37th in the world (6-2, 7-6), the 1.85m right-hander puts an end to his Madrid drought. He will face the winner of the duel between Lukas Klein and Tommy Paul in the third round.