Frances Tiafoe survives Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Acapulco on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle in what was an all-American contest. The battle lasted 2 hours and 47 minutes. After the match, Frances and Brandon had a lovely exchange at the net.

Tiafoe was delighted about the result and later he posted some nice words for his fellow American Nakashima:

“Respect to @brandon_nakashima you a problem bro. Keep goin my g a lot more battles to come. Acapulco I see another day on to the next. #bigfoeonthecomeup #staydangerous #godspeed

Tiafoe will try to keep the momentum against Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd round.  This run will match his best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.

Acapulco
Tiafoe's Record

Tiafoe added to his prize money $ 8,465 after winning this match. He has won already $ 19,925 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francis will add $ 11,955 to his earnings to get in total $ 31,880 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tiafoe
Nakashima
6-4 6-75 7-65
2h:47
108
108
Total points
109
109
47
47
Winners
54
54
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
6
6
8
8
Double Faults
2
2
56%
56%
1st in
68%
68%
77%
77%
1st won
73%
73%
47/61
47/61
1st won
54/74
54/74
57%
57%
2nd won
60%
60%
27/47
27/47
2nd won
21/35
21/35
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
Total
1/6
1/6
33%
33%
Won
17%
17%
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Tiafoe won this encounter even if he scored less points than Brandon (108 vs. 109).

Tiafoe

Tiafoe served very well to win 77% of the points (47/61) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (27/47) on his second serve. Tiafoe won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.

Nakashima

On the other side, Brandon was battling in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

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

Tiafoe will square off with Musetti in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Lorenzo Musetti face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Tiafoe and Musetti (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Tiafoe enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Musetti in the 1st game (1-0). However, that was not enough for Tiafoe to win the set since Brandon succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Tiafoe kept his focus to break Nakashima in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Tiafoe converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Nakashima converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Francis won just 3 points more than Brandon (33-30). Tiafoe surrendered 12 points on serve (20-12). In addition, on the other side, Brandon conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).

2nd Set -
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Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Brandon won the tiebreak at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Nakashima won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (3-3), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Francis won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 9th (4-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0

, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

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

They contested 78 points. Brandon won 4 points more than Francis (41-37). Nakashima lost 10 points on serve (28-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Francis conceded 13 points on serve (27-13).

3rd Set -
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Also throughout the set, the affair went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Tiafoe won the breaker at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Tiafoe won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Nakashima won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1) and 8th (4-4) point.

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

Francis wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 76 points. This set was so close that, Francis won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Tiafoe dropped 10 points on serve (26-10). On the other side, Brandon conceded 12 points on serve (28-12).

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