Spirited Frances Tiafoe outlasts Cuevas in the 2nd round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship. HIGHLIGHTS – HOUSTON RESULTS

    US MEN'S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP - HOUSTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Tiafoe survives Cuevas to compete against John Isner in the quarter

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Pablo Cuevas

    Frances Tiafoe survives Pablo Cuevas 5-7 7-5 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Houston on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Tiafoe will clash against John Isner in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Tiafoe
    Houston
    Tiafoe's Record

    The American added to his prize money $ 7,545 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 17,985 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tiafoe will add $ 13,050 to his earnings to get in total $ 31,035 in total.

    Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Pablo Cuevas US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Tiafoe
    Cuevas
    Frances Tiafoe
    5-7 7-5 7-64
    2h:40
    Pablo Cuevas
    108
    108
    Total points
    108
    108
    51
    51
    Winners
    63
    63
    47%
    47%
    Ratio Winners
    58%
    58%
    -- Serve --
    11
    11
    Aces
    6
    6
    1
    1
    Double Faults
    3
    3
    63%
    63%
    1st in
    75%
    75%
    80%
    80%
    1st won
    74%
    74%
    51/64
    51/64
    1st won
    63/85
    63/85
    50%
    50%
    2nd won
    45%
    45%
    19/38
    19/38
    2nd won
    13/29
    13/29
    -- Break Points --
    3/8
    3/8
    Total
    3/5
    3/5
    38%
    38%
    Won
    60%
    60%
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    The American won this match even if he won the same amount of points of Pablo (108 vs. 108).

    Tiafoe

    The American served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (51/64) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (19/38) on his second serve. Tiafoe fired 11 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Tiafoe won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

    Cuevas

    On the other side, the Uruguayan was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered points (3/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

    After this encounter, the head to head between Tiafoe and Cuevas is 1-1.

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

    Tiafoe will fight against Isner in the quarter.

    This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and John Isner clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Isner (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

    Frances Tiafoe Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    1st Set -
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    Tiafoe conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Pablo Cuevas in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the Uruguayan managed to stage a good comeback to break Frances in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

    The American was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-5 to 7-5.

    Pablo was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 9th (4-5 0-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Tiafoe was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-1 40-A).

    They played 67 points. Pablo won 9 more points than the American (38-29). Cuevas dropped 11 points on serve (23-11). on the other side of the court, Frances conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).

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    Tiafoe started the set in the best possible way after breaking Pablo Cuevas in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Frances to win the set because Cuevas succeeded in breaking back in the 10th (5-5) game. The American kept his focus to break Cuevas in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

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

    They played 77 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Pablo (41-36). Frances dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Uruguayan conceded 19 points on serve (26-19).

    3rd Set -
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    Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, the American won the tiebreak at 7-4.

    Tiebreak

    The American won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 8th (6-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Uruguayan won a minibreak in the 10th (4-6) point.

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

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

    They played 72 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Frances won just 2 points more than Cuevas (37-35). Frances dropped 8 points on serve (29-8). On the other side, the Uruguayan conceded 8 points on serve (27-8).

     

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