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Sign upFrancisco Cerundolo vs Alexander Blockx — R16 — Madrid Open
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Madrid OpenRound of 16
·Masters·ClayCompleted
Apr 28, 2026·05:10 PM·1h 40m·Madrid
Alexander Blockx defeated Francisco Cerundolo 7(10)-6(8), 6-2 — Madrid Open 2026 R16.
Francisco Cerundolo and Alexander Blockx: Alexander Blockx leads 2–0 across 2 recorded meetings.
World No. 69 Alexander Blockx flipped the ranking gap on No. 20 Francisco Cerundolo by winning the points neither man held cleanly: 58% of his second-serve points to the Argentine's 47%, and 53% of second-serve returns. After surviving a 12-10 first-set tiebreak, Blockx pulled away as Cerundolo's errors piled up — 36 unforced to Blockx's 23. In their first meeting, and first on clay, the Belgian's 6 aces and tidier baseline carried the 7-6(10), 6-2 upset.