Taro Daniel stuns Sebastian Korda 1-6 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Atlanta on Monday. Daniel will engage against Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Daniel added to his prize money $ 4,835 after winning this match. He has won already $ 12,435 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Japanese will add $ 8,980 to his earnings to get in total $ 21,415 in total.
Highlights Taro Daniel vs. Sebastian Korda Truist Atlanta Open – Atlanta
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Taro scored 73 points vs. Sebastian’s 69.
Daniel
Taro was pretty effective at converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9).
Korda
On the other side, Korda was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (4/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Daniel and Korda is 1-0 for Taro.
Draw and next match H2H: Taro Daniel vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Daniel will take on Tiafoe in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Frances Tiafoe since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Daniel had a great start in this set after breaking Sebastian Korda in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Sebastian extended his lead after breaking Daniel in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
A crucial moment of this set was when Sebastian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Korda was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 2nd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Korda didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 36 points. Sebastian was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than the Japanese (25-11). The American was untouchable on serve to drop just 1 point during his serving games (12-1). On the other side, the Japanese conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Daniel had a favorable start in this set after breaking Sebastian Korda in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the Japanese to win the set as the American succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game. Taro kept his focus to break Sebastian in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
They contested 52 points. The Japanese was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Korda (32-20
). Taro lost 7 points on serve (10-7). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 22 points on serve (13-22).There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Daniel conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Taro was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Taro didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. Taro was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Sebastian (30-24). Taro conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the net, Korda conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
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