Thiago Agustin Tirante stuns Novak Djokovic 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Saturday. Agustin Tirante will try to keep the momentum against Martin Landaluce in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2025. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Thiago added to his prize money $ 25,755 after winning this match. He has already won $ 61,865 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add $ 43,855 to his earnings to get in total $ 105,720 in total.
Highlights Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Novak Djokovic Cincinnati Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:44
At the end of the match, Thiago scored 100 points vs. Djokovic’s 94.
Agustin Tirante
The Argentine served extremely well to win 88% of the points (43/49) behind his first serve. However he won only 44% points (15/34) on his second serve. Agustin Tirante fired 13 aces and he committed 5 double faults. The Argentine won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 13% (2/15) of the procured opportunities.
Djokovic
On the other side, the Serbian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Agustin Tirante and Djokovic is 1-0 for Thiago.
Draw and next match H2H: Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Martin Landaluce – stats
Agustin Tirante will face Landaluce in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Thiago Agustin Tirante and Martin Landaluce fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Landaluce (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Landaluce won 3-6 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in Miami back in March 2026.
Live score progression and stats
Djokovic in this set was too good for Thiago and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the Argentine in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Djokovic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
Agustin Tirante was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
They contested 67 points. The Serbian was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than the Argentine (40-27). Djokovic dropped 11 points on serve (21-11). on the other side of the net, Agustin Tirante conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Agustin Tirante conquered in the 7th game (4-3) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Agustin Tirante converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 75 points. Thiago conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Novak (42-33). Agustin Tirante was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (21-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Djokovic conceded 21 points on serve (30-21).
Similarly to the 2nd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Thiago clinched in the 9th game (5-4) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Thiago converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Thiago didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. The Argentine conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Djokovic (30-21). The Argentine was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, the Serbian conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).
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- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-3 6-3)
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