Frances Tiafoe wins against Aleksandar Vukic 4-6 7-67 6-4 in the 2nd round in on Tuesday. Tiafoe will face Brandon Nakashima in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Aleksandar conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Francis won the tiebreak at 7.
3rd set.
Francis won the set after he broke Vukic in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (3-2) game. Vukic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Yet, Tiafoe didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 6-4.
Statistics
The American won this match even if he scored less points than Vukic (102 vs. 105).
Tiafoe served pretty well to win 81% of the points (57/70) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 38% points (11/29) on his second serve. Tiafoe blasted 15 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Tiafoe was effective in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3). On the other side, Aleksandar had some problems converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Vukic is 1-0.
Next Match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats
Tiafoe will play Nakashima in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aleksandar VukicVukic (4-6 7-67 6-4) – See score progression
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- Emilio GomezGomez – Maxime CressyCressy (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
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