Frances Tiafoe wins against Viktor Troicki 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in London on Thursday. Tiafoe will square off with Denis Shapovalov in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Francis added to his prize money € 15,285 after winning this match. He has won already € 40,765 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francis will add € 19,095 to his earnings to get in total € 59,860 in total.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Viktor Troicki cinch Championships – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:16
At the end of the match, Tiafoe scored 72 points vs. the Serbian’s 59.
Tiafoe
The American served extremely well to win 85% of the points (40/47) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (12/21) on his second serve. The American was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (1/2).
Troicki
On the other side, the Serbian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Tiafoe and Troicki is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Tiafoe will come up against Shapovalov in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Frances Tiafoe and Denis Shapovalov fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Shapovalov won 7-66 3-6 7-5 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Francis snatched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
They contested 54 points. Tiafoe was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the Serbian (32-22). The American surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the court, Troicki conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the American won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Francis won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 10th (7-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
They contested 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Francis won just 3 points more than Troicki (38-35). The American lost 7 points on serve (30-7). In addition, on the other side, Troicki conceded 8 points on serve (28-8).
Tennis Scores in London
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Andy MurrayMurray (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Viktor TroickiTroicki (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – John MillmanMillman (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Alexander BublikBublik (7-65 7-60) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Marin CilicCilic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
