Frances Tiafoe surprises John Millman 7-66 3-6 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Tiafoe is going to play against Marton Fucsovics in the 3rd round.

Tiafoe had an good ride in the last 2 sets to surrender 6 games after winning 68 points vs. Millman’s 54 points.

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Tiafoe won the set after he broke John in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. John tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, the American stayed solid to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 6.

The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.

Notwithstanding also the Australian won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5

Tiebreak

Tiafoe won 3 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, John won a minibreak in the 6th (4-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-c

The American converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). The American saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. Furthermore, on the other side, Millman converted 18% of his break points (2/11). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (2-5 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (4-5 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 102 points. It’s worth to point out that, Tiafoe won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Australian (50-52). Tiafoe lost 24 points on serve (33-24). Regarding the other side of the net, Millman conceded 17 points on serve (28-17).

Millman won the set after he broke Francis in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Tiafoe lost the 9th game (6-3) when he was 40-0 up. The American was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.

The Australian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Millman didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 55 points. John conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Tiafoe (33-22). Millman was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, the American conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).

Millman conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Millman managed to boost his lead after breaking the American in the 6th (5-1) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

Millman converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Tiafoe wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).

They played 42 points. The Australian won 14 more points than Tiafoe (28-14). Millman lost 5 points on serve (18-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).

The American won the set after he broke John in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. The Australian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Francis kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.

Francis converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Australian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

Francis won the set after he broke John in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

John was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Tiafoe converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 61 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the Australian (36-25

). Tiafoe surrendered 8 points on serve (17-8). On the losing side, John conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).

Francis will add to his prize money $ 63,000 after managing to win this match. He has won already $ 163,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francis will add $ 87,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 250,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults and breaks

Tiafoe
Millman
7-66 3-6 1-6
6-3 6-3
158
158
Total points
169
169
68
68
Winners
63
63
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
73
73
Unforced
54
54
57%
57%
Ratio Unforced
43%
43%
22/40
22/40
Net Approaches
13/24
13/24
55%
55%
Perc
54%
54%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
14
14
6
6
Double Faults
5
5
62%
62%
1st in
58%
58%
64%
64%
1st won
70%
70%
68/107
68/107
1st won
63/90
63/90
51%
51%
2nd won
54%
54%
33/65
33/65
2nd won
35/65
35/65
-- Break Points --
6/15
6/15
Total
7/23
7/23
40%
40%
Won
30%
30%
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After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Millman is 2-2.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. John Millman U.S. Open – New York

Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Marton Fucsovics – stats

Tiafoe will compete against Fucsovics in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Marton Fucsovics face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Fucsovics (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Fucsovics won 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Doha back in January 2020.

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