Frances Tiafoe upsets Sinner in the semifinal of the Erste Bank Open. HIGHLIGHTS – VIENNA RESULTS

    ERSTE BANK OPEN - VIENNA DRAW AND RESULTS. Tiafoe shocks Sinner to fight against Alexander Zverev in the final

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Jannik Sinner

    Frances Tiafoe upsets Jannik Sinner 3-6 7-5 6-2 in the semifinal in Vienna on Saturday. Tiafoe will engage against Alexander Zverev in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Tiafoe
    Vienna
    Tiafoe's Record

    The American added to his prize money € 26,700 after winning this match. He has won already € 92,740 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tiafoe will add € 32,780 to his earnings to get in total € 125,520 in total.

    Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Jannik Sinner Erste Bank Open – Vienna

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Tiafoe
    Sinner
    Frances Tiafoe
    3-6 7-5 6-2
    2h:18
    Jannik Sinner
    97
    97
    Total points
    89
    89
    39
    39
    Winners
    37
    37
    40%
    40%
    Ratio Winners
    42%
    42%
    -- Serve --
    7
    7
    Aces
    8
    8
    0
    0
    Double Faults
    3
    3
    64%
    64%
    1st in
    64%
    64%
    60%
    60%
    1st won
    69%
    69%
    39/65
    39/65
    1st won
    37/54
    37/54
    64%
    64%
    2nd won
    42%
    42%
    23/36
    23/36
    2nd won
    13/31
    13/31
    -- Break Points --
    4/9
    4/9
    Total
    3/8
    3/8
    44%
    44%
    Won
    38%
    38%
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    At the end of the match, the American scored 97 points vs. the Italian’s 89.

    Tiafoe

    Tiafoe won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

    Sinner

    On the other side, the Italian was battling in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

    After this contest, the head to head between Tiafoe and Sinner is 1-2 for Jannik.

    Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

    Tiafoe will come up against Zverev in the final.

    This will be the 7th time that Frances Tiafoe and Alexander Zverev face off. The head to head is 5-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

    Frances Tiafoe Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    Sinner won the set after he broke the American in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

    Sinner was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 53 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sinner won just 3 points more than the American (28-25). The Italian lost 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).

    Zverev took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Jannik Sinner in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, the American refused to bow to come back to break Sinner in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

    Sinner had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-5 to 7-5.

    They played 73 points. It’s worth to point out that, Frances won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Jannik (36-37). The American surrendered 18 points on serve (23-18). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).

    Tiafoe in this set played at a much higher level than Jannik and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Sinner in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

    Tiafoe converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Jannik wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 40-A).

    They played 55 points. Tiafoe conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Jannik (32-23). Tiafoe surrendered 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the net, Jannik conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).

     

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