Arthur Rinderknech shocks Frances Tiafoe 7-6(7) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Lyon on Wednesday. Rinderknech will play Luciano Darderi in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes. This run will match his best result in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Rinderknech added to his prize money € 7,345 after winning this match. He has already won € 17,510 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 12,710 to his earnings to get in total € 30,220 in total.
Highlights Arthur Rinderknech vs. Frances Tiafoe Open Parc – Lyon
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rinderknech scored 90 points vs. Frances’s 80.
Rinderknech
The French player served very well to win 86% of the points (37/43) behind his first serve. However he won only 49% points (19/39) on his second serve. Arthur won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.
Tiafoe
On the other side, Frances wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Rinderknech and Tiafoe is 1-0 for Arthur.
Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Rinderknech vs. Luciano Darderi – stats
Rinderknech will face Darderi in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Arthur Rinderknech and Luciano Darderi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Arthur won the set after he broke Frances in the 3rd (2-1) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, the French player didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 7-6.
Arthur converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the American converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 93 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Rinderknech won just 3 more points than Frances (48-45). Arthur conceded 21 points on serve (39-21). on the other side of the net, Frances conceded 9 points on serve (24-9).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Rinderknech conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
The French player converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 77 points. Rinderknech won 5 points more than Frances (41-36). Arthur dropped 10 points on serve (20-10). on the other side of the net, Tiafoe conceded 21 points on serve (26-21).
Tennis Scores in Lyon
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-5 3-0 ret.)
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-64 6-3)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (7-67 6-4)
- Hugo GastonGaston – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 2-6 6-3)
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Ugo HumbertHumbert (2-6 6-4 6-4)
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (w/o)
- Alexander BublikBublik – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 6-2)
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-68 6-1)
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