Frances Tiafoe conquers Blaz Rola 7-61 6-3 in the 1st round in the Parma Challenger on Tuesday. Tiafoe will clash against Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd round.

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Rola had a racing start in this set after breaking Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Tiafoe succeeded in coming back to break Blaz in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 1.

Tiebreak

The American won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0) and 8th (7-1) point.

Francis won the tiebreak 7-1 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

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

Tiafoe converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, Rola converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They played 75 points. Tiafoe conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Blaz (41-34). The American surrendered 11 points on serve (25-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Slovenian conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American clinched in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Tiafoe was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 40-A). On the other side, Rola was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 64 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Rola (34-30). The American surrendered 15 points on serve (26-15). On the losing side, Blaz conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).

Francis will add to his prize money € 860 after winning this match. He has won already € 2,180 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 1,530 to his earnings to get in total € 3,710 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tiafoe
Rola
7-61 6-3
1h:33
75
75
Total points
64
64
35
35
Winners
28
28
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
62%
62%
1st in
70%
70%
74%
74%
1st won
64%
64%
35/47
35/47
1st won
28/44
28/44
52%
52%
2nd won
53%
53%
15/29
15/29
2nd won
10/19
10/19
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
2/8
2/8
43%
43%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Francis scored 75 points vs. Rola’s 64.

Tiafoe won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 43%

(3/7) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Slovenian was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Tiafoe and Rola is 3-2 for Francis.

Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats

Tiafoe will fight against Musetti in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Lorenzo Musetti fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0

for Musetti (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Musetti won 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the 2nd round in Forli Challenger back in September 2020.

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