
John Isner overcomes Frances Tiafoe 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the quarter in Houston on Friday in what was an all-American affair. Isner will face Cristian Garin in the semifinal. John won this tournament once in 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.
Isner added to his prize money $ 13,050 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 31,035 up to now in this event. If he wins the next match, John will add $ 21,755 to his earnings to get in total $ 52,790.
Highlights John Isner vs. Frances Tiafoe US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Isner and Tiafoe is 3-0 for John.
Draw and next match H2H: John Isner vs. Cristian Garin – stats
Isner will take on Garin in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that John Isner and Cristian Garin clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Garin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Isner conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
John converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tiafoe was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 62 points. Isner was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Frances (33-29). Isner dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). In addition, on the other side, Frances conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
Tiafoe in this set played at a much higher level than John and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Isner in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Frances was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Isner was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th game (1-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 62 points. Frances conquered the set after winning 8 more points than John (35-27). Tiafoe dropped 16 points on serve (25-16). on the other side of the net, John conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Isner got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for John to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
John converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, John didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 56 points. John won 6 more points than Frances (31-25). Isner lost 7 points on serve (21-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Tiafoe conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Cristian GarinGarin – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-2 6-75 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Michael MmohMmoh (w/o) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- John IsnerIsner – Christian GarinGarin (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-1) – H2H details and stats