Mikael Ymer stuns Frances Tiafoe 6-7(2) 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Salem Open on Thursday. Ymer will play Carlos Alcaraz Garfia in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes.

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Ymer's Record

The Swede added to his prize money $ 13,610 after winning this match. He has won already $ 32,350 till now in this event. If he wins the next match, Ymer will add $ 23,650 to his earnings to get in total $ 56,000.

Highlights Mikael Ymer vs. Frances Tiafoe Winston-Salem Open – Winston-Salem

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Ymer
Tiafoe
6-72 6-2 6-3
2h:16
98
98
Total points
88
88
41
41
Winners
31
31
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
9
9
3
3
Double Faults
8
8
65%
65%
1st in
46%
46%
71%
71%
1st won
69%
69%
41/58
41/58
1st won
31/45
31/45
45%
45%
2nd won
44%
44%
14/31
14/31
2nd won
23/52
23/52
-- Break Points --
7/14
7/14
Total
3/12
3/12
50%
50%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, the Swede scored 98 points vs. Frances’s 88.

Ymer

Ymer was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (7/14).

Tiafoe

On the other side, Tiafoe had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Ymer and Tiafoe is 2-1 for Mikael.

Draw and next match H2H: Mikael Ymer vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia – stats

Ymer will fight against Alcaraz Garfia in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Mikael Ymer and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Ymer won 2-6 6-4 6-4 7-65 in the 2nd round in Australian open back in February 2021.

Live score progression and stats

Alcaraz Garfia had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Frances to win the set since Mikael found the way to break back in the 6th (3-3) game. Frances kept his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 2.

Tiebreak

The American won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point.

The American won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

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

They contested 74 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Mikael (41-33). Tiafoe conceded 9 points on serve (27-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Swede conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).

Ymer was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Frances Tiafoe in the 1st

game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Mikael to win the set since Tiafoe found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Mikael kept his cool to break Frances in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Frances was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Ymer converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). Also, on the other side, the American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 42 points. The Swede was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Tiafoe (26-16). The Swede surrendered 7 points on serve (13-7). on the other side of the court, Tiafoe conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).

Mikael won the set after he broke the American 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Tiafoe tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nevertheless, Mikael stayed solid to conquer the set 6-3.

Mikael converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, Frances converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (1-2 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 68 points. The Swede was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the American (39-29). The Swede dropped 11 points on serve (18-11). on the other side of the net, Frances conceded 21 points on serve (18-21).

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