Nick Kyrgios stuns Frances Tiafoe 6-7(5) 7-6(12) 6-2 in the quarter in Washington on Friday. The Australian sensation saved 5 match points. Kyrgios will try to keep the momentum against Mikael Ymer in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes. The Australian won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Nick added to his prize money $ 45,325 after winning this match. He has won already $ 94,840 up to now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 87,985 to his earnings to get in total $ 182,825.
Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs. Frances Tiafoe Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:29
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 116 points vs. Frances’s 105.
Kyrgios
The Australian served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (57/70) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (23/36) on his second serve. Kyrgios fired 35 aces and he committed 9 double faults. Nick won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Tiafoe
On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Kyrgios and Tiafoe is 1-0 for Nick.
Draw and next match H2H: Nick Kyrgios vs. Mikael Ymer – stats
Kyrgios will come up against Ymer in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Nick Kyrgios and Mikael Ymer since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, the American won the breaker at 7-5.
Frances missed the opportunity to break Kyrgios in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
The American won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Kyrgios won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 8th (5-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
The American was flawless in converting all his break points in the 8th game (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Frances saved 3 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5 and 4-5 down. On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-2 40-A).
They played 81 points. The American conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Australian (43-38). The American lost 10 points on serve (29-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 14 points on serve (28-14).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Nick conquered in the 13th game (7(-6).
Tiebreak
Kyrgios won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3), 22nd (11-11) and 26th (14-12) point. On the other side, the American won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4) and 21st (11-10) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 9-10, 10-10, 10-11, 11-11, 11-12, 12-12, 13-12, 14-12
The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Kyrgios saved 5 set points when he was 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 10-11 and 11-12 down. On the other side, Nick didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 93 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kyrgios won just 3 more points than Tiafoe (48-45). Nick dropped 10 points on serve (37-10). on the other side of the court, Frances conceded 11 points on serve (35-11).
Kyrgios was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Frances Tiafoe in the 1st game (1-0). The Australian managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the American in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Australian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kyrgios didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Nick conquered the set after winning 13 more points than the American (30-17). Nick was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the court, Tiafoe conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-75 7-612 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-2 5-7 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (7-65 4-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Mikael YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-1) – H2H details and stats
