ACAPULCO RESULTS. Tenacious Stanislas Wawrinka survives Tiafoe in the 1st round

ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL - ACAPULCO RESULTS. Wawrinka survives Tiafoe to take on Radu Albot or Pedro Martinez Portero in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Stan Wawrinka vs. Frances Tiafoe

Stan Wawrinka outlasts Frances Tiafoe 6-3 6-74 7-61 in the 1st round in Acapulco on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Wawrinka will square off with Radu Albot or Pedro Martinez Portero in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Stanislas conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

2nd set.

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Tiafoe won the tiebreak at 4.

Tiafoe was unable to break Stanislas in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

3rd set.

Also in this set, nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Stanislas won the tiebreak at 1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 119 points vs. Francis’s 104 points.

Stanislas served pretty well to win 93% of the points (67/72) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 39% points (17/44) on his second serve. The Swiss blasted 35 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Stanislas won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 13% (1/8). On the other side, Francis wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Wawrinka and Tiafoe is 2-0 for Stanislas.

Highlights Stan Wawrinka vs. Frances Tiafoe Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco

Next Match H2H: Stan Wawrinka vs. Radu Albot or Pedro Martinez Portero – stats

Wawrinka will compete against either Radu Albot or Pedro Martinez Portero in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Radu Albot and 0-0 vs. Pedro Martinez Portero.

There is no head to head record between Stan Wawrinka and Radu Albot since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

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