Sebastian Korda beats Thompson in the quarter to set up a battle vs Tiafoe at the Citi Open. HIGHLIGHTS – WASHINGTON RESULTS

CITI OPEN - WASHINGTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Korda bests Thompson to fight against Frances Tiafoe in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Korda vs. Jordan Thompson

Sebastian Korda tops Jordan Thompson 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Washington on Friday. Korda will have to play Frances Tiafoe in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Korda
Washington
Korda's Record

Korda added to his prize money $ 48,735 after winning this match. He has already won $ 101,975 till now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Sebastian will add $ 94,605 to his earnings to get in total $ 196,580.

Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Jordan Thompson Citi Open – Washington

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Korda
Thompson
Sebastian Korda
6-4 6-2
1h:11
Jordan Thompson
58
58
Total points
41
41
27
27
Winners
23
23
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
56%
56%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
67%
67%
1st in
64%
64%
87%
87%
1st won
68%
68%
27/31
27/31
1st won
23/34
23/34
67%
67%
2nd won
47%
47%
10/15
10/15
2nd won
9/19
9/19
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
Total
0/1
0/1
60%
60%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Sebastian scored 58 points vs. Jordan’s 41.

Korda

Korda served exceptionally well to win 87% of the points (27/31) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (10/15) on his second serve. Sebastian fired 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Korda didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).

Thompson

On the other side, Jordan wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Korda and Thompson is 1-0 for Sebastian.

Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats

Korda will square off with Tiafoe in the semifinal.

This will be the 6th time that Sebastian Korda and Frances Tiafoe face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Tiafoe won 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in New York back in 2018.

Sebastian Korda Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Korda 6-4
KordaThompson
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
KordaThompson
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KordaThompson
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
KordaThompson
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KordaThompson
3
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
KordaThompson
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
KordaThompson
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
KordaThompson
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
KordaThompson
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
KordaThompson
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
KordaThompson
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Korda snatched in the 9th game (5-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Thompson was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The American converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They played 65 points. Sebastian won 7 points more than Jordan (36-29). Sebastian lost 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the net, Thompson conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).

2nd Set -
Korda 6-2
KordaThompson
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
KordaThompson
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
KordaThompson
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
KordaThompson
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
KordaThompson
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
KordaThompson
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
KordaThompson
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30

Korda enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Jordan Thompson in the 2nd game (2-0). That break resulted decisive for Sebastian to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.

The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Sebastian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 34 points. The American won 10 more points than Thompson (22-12). The American was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, the Australian conceded 6 points on serve (9-6).

1st
Korda
Thompson
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Korda
Thompson
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Washington

  • Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-5 3-6 7-62)
  • Ben SheltonShelton – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-65 6-6 ret.)
  • Sebastian KordaKorda – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 6-2)
  • Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-63)

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