Frances Tiafoe grounds Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0 6-4 in the quarter in Tokyo on Friday after playing a great match to play Soon-Woo Kwon in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Frances added to his prize money $ 51,225 after winning this match. He has won already $ 104,745 till now in this event. If he wins the next match, Tiafoe will add $ 91,795 to his earnings to get in total $ 196,540.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Miomir Kecmanovic Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 61 points vs. Miomir’s 42.
Tiafoe
Frances served extremely well to win 75% of the points (24/32) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (12/21) on his second serve. Frances won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Kecmanovic
On the other side, Miomir wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Kecmanovic is 3-1 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Soon-Woo Kwon – stats
Tiafoe will fight against Kwon in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Soon-Woo Kwon face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
This set was completely one-sided because Frances conceded no games to Miomir before winning the set 6-0.
Frances converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40). On the other side, Kecmanovic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (0-3 30-40).
They played 40 points. Tiafoe conquered the set after winning 16 more points than Miomir (28-12). Tiafoe surrendered 8 points on serve (15-8). In addition, on the other side, the Serbian conceded 13 points on serve (4-13).
Tiafoe conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Miomir Kecmanovic in the 1st game (1-0). That was enough for Frances to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.
Tiafoe converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Serbian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 points more than Miomir (33-30). The American surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). On the losing side, Kecmanovic conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).
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