Frances Tiafoe beats Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6(5) 5-7 7-5 in the quarter in Estoril on Friday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 59 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tiafoe added to his prize money € 11,725 after conquering this match. He has won already € 27,885 up to now in this event. If he wins the next match, Frances will add € 19,545 to his earnings to get in total € 47,430.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Millennium Estoril Open – Estoril
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 132 points vs. Davidovich Fokina’s 131.
Tiafoe
The American didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Davidovich Fokina
On the other side, Davidovich Fokina had a tough time converting his break points (only 24% – 4/17). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Davidovich Fokina is 1-0 for Frances.
Live score progression and stats
The American clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The American broke back in the 6th (3-3) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
The American won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won a minibreak in the 4th (2-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 99 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Frances won barely 1 point more than Alejandro (50-49). The American lost 19 points on serve (33-19). On the losing side, Alejandro conceded 17 points on serve (30-17).
Tiafoe was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for the Spaniard to win the set as the American found the way to break back in the 9th (4-5) game. Davidovich Fokina maintained his cool to break Tiafoe in the 12th (7-5) game.
Davidovich Fokina was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (3-0 30-40), the 8th (5-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the American was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 91 points. Alejandro was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the American (49-42). Alejandro conceded 13 points on serve (26-13). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 23 points on serve (29-23).
Tiafoe had a great start in this set after breaking Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the American was not done to come back to break the Spaniard in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
The Spaniard was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-5 to 7-5.
Frances converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40), the 9th (3-5 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, Davidovich Fokina converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 73 points. Tiafoe won 5 points more than the Spaniard (39-34). Frances conceded 13 points on serve (22-13). In addition, on the other side, the Spaniard conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
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