Filip Krajinovic stuns Frances Tiafoe 7-6(7) 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Rome on Sunday. Krajinovic will seek to keep on going in this event against Andrey Rublev in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Krajinovic's Record

The Serbian added to his prize money € 17,420 after conquering this match. He has won already € 39,070 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add € 33,795 to his earnings to get in total € 72,865 in total.

Highlights Filip Krajinovic vs. Frances Tiafoe Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Krajinovic
Tiafoe
7-67 7-64
2h:08
96
96
Total points
94
94
55
55
Winners
39
39
57%
57%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
15
15
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
69%
69%
1st in
66%
66%
74%
74%
1st won
72%
72%
55/74
55/74
1st won
39/54
39/54
47%
47%
2nd won
64%
64%
16/34
16/34
2nd won
18/28
18/28
-- Break Points --
1/4
1/4
Total
1/6
1/6
25%
25%
Won
17%
17%
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At the end of the match, Filip scored 96 points vs. Frances’s 94.

Krajinovic

Filip won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.

Tiafoe

On the other side, the American was not so effective in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Krajinovic and Tiafoe is 3-1 for Filip.

Draw and next match H2H: Filip Krajinovic vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Krajinovic will play Rublev in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Filip Krajinovic and Andrey Rublev face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Krajinovic and Rublev (see full H2H stats

), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

Live score progression and stats

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Krajinovic won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.

Tiebreak

The Serbian won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 13th (7-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, the American won 2 minibreaks in the 10th (5-5) and 14th (7-7) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A).

They played 98 points. It’s worth to point out that, Filip won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Frances (48-50). The Serbian dropped 21 points on serve (41-21). On the losing side, the American conceded 7 points on serve (29-7).

Krajinovic commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Krajinovic refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Frances in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

The Serbian won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the American won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.

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

Krajinovic converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st

game (0-0 30-40).

They contested 92 points. The Serbian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Tiafoe (48-44). The Serbian conceded 16 points on serve (31-16). Regarding the other side of the net, Frances conceded 17 points on serve (28-17).

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