Frances Tiafoe outlasts Egor Gerasimov 7-65 5-7 7-5 in the quarter in Nur-Sultan on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Tiafoe will seek to keep on going in this event against John Millman in the semifinal.

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The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Tiafoe won the tiebreak at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Francis won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Gerasimov won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 7th (4-3) and 10th (5-5) point.

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

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 79 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the American won barely 1 point more than the Belarussian (40-39). The American surrendered 12 points on serve (29-12). In addition, on the other side, the Belarussian conceded 11 points on serve (27-11).

Gerasimov didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Tiafoe in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for the Belarussian to win the set since the American found the way to break back in the 10th (5-5) game. Gerasimov maintained his cool to break the American in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

The Belarussian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40). Also, on the other side, the American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A).

They contested 81 points. Gerasimov was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Tiafoe (45-36). Gerasimov conceded 14 points on serve (27-14). On the other side, the American conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).

The American won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, The American broke back in the 8th

(4-4) and in the 12th () game to win the set 7-5.

Francis was spot on in converting all his break points in the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Egor was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 40-A).

They played 75 points. Tiafoe won 5 points more than Gerasimov (40-35). Tiafoe lost 13 points on serve (26-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Egor conceded 14 points on serve (22-14

).

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tiafoe
Gerasimov
7-65 5-7 7-5
2h:35
117
117
Total points
120
120
59
59
Winners
49
49
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
14
14
5
5
Double Faults
6
6
63%
63%
1st in
58%
58%
79%
79%
1st won
72%
72%
59/75
59/75
1st won
49/68
49/68
39%
39%
2nd won
56%
56%
17/44
17/44
2nd won
28/50
28/50
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
Total
3/6
3/6
60%
60%
Won
50%
50%
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Francis won this contest even if he won less points than Gerasimov (117 vs. 120).

The American served extremely well to win 79% of the points (59/75) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 39% points (17/44) on his second serve. Francis was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5). On the other side, Egor didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (3/6). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Gerasimov is 1-0 for Francis.

Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. John Millman – stats

Tiafoe will play Millman in the semifinal.

This will be the 5th time that Frances Tiafoe and John Millman fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Tiafoe and Millman (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they squared off, Tiafoe won 7-66 3-6 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Us open back in September 2020.

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