John Millman bests Frances Tiafoe 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Nur-Sultan on Saturday. Millman is going to play against Adrian Mannarino in the final.
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Francis won the set after he broke the Australian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Millman couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Tiafoe converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 58 points. Tiafoe won 8 more points than the Australian (33-25). The American conceded 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the net, John conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that John grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
John converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Millman didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 56 points. John conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Tiafoe (32-24). John was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, Francis conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
Tiafoe had a favorable start in this set after breaking Millman in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the Australian refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the American in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Australian converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tiafoe was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 0-40).
They played 55 points. Millman conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the American (30-25). The Australian dropped 8 points on serve (16-8). on the other side of the net, Francis conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 87 points vs. Francis’s 82.
The Australian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 23% (3/13) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the American was effective when converting 75% of the break points that he conquered points (3/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Millman and Tiafoe is 3-2 for John.
Draw and next match H2H: John Millman vs. Adrian Mannarino – stats
Millman will play Mannarino in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that John Millman and Adrian Mannarino clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Millman (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Millman won 4-6 6-4 7-62 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in August 2020.
Tennis Scores in Nur-Sultan
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – John MillmanMillman (0-2) – H2H details and stats
