THE NEWPORT BEACH CHALLENGER RESULTS. Great Istomin thumps Tiafoe in the 3rd round of the the Newport Beach Challenger

Denis Istomin shocks Frances Tiafoe 6-3 6-2 in the 3^rd round in on Thursday after playing a fantastic match to play Thai Kwiatkowski in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Istomin conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Denis in this set was too strong for Tiafoe and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Francis in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

Francis was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Denis scored 67 points vs. Tiafoe’s 46 points.

Denis served very well to win 80% of the points (28/35) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (13/22) on his second serve. Denis won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, Francis wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Istomin and Tiafoe is 1-0.

Next Match H2H: Denis Istomin vs. Thai Kwiatkowski – stats

Istomin will face Kwiatkowski in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Denis Istomin and Thai Kwiatkowski since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Newport Beach Challenger

• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Sebastian KordaKorda (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-7⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Jc AragoneAragone (7-5 7-6³) – See score progression
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-6⁶ 6-7⁴ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Brayden SchnurSchnur (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Denis IstominIstomin – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Steve JohnsonJohnson (1-0) – See H2H details
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Raymond SarmientoSarmiento (0-0) – See H2H details
• Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – See H2H details