Frances Tiafoe gets by Andrey Rublev 7-6(3) 7-6(0) 6-4 in the quarter in New York on Wednesday. Tiafoe will play Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinal. The match lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 4th round in 2020 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tiafoe added to his prize money $ 260,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 705,000 so far in the tournament. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 595,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,300,000.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Andrey Rublev U.S. Open – New York
Tiafoe’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tiafoe scored 121 points vs. the Russian’s 100.
Tiafoe
Tiafoe served extremely well to win 88% of the points (49/56) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (35/56) on his second serve. Tiafoe struck 18 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Frances won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Rublev
On the other side, Andrey wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Rublev is 2-1 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats
Tiafoe will square off with Alcaraz in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Carlos Alcaraz fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Frances won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
The American won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Russian won a minibreak in the 3rd (1-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
The American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Rublev was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th
(3-2 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40).They contested 89 points. Tiafoe was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Andrey (47-42). The American surrendered 13 points on serve (32-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (29-15).
Likewise, in this set, nothing could divide these 2 players and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Tiafoe had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-0.
Tiebreak
The American won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moreover, on the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 67 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Rublev (38-29). Frances lost 5 points on serve (28-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Andrey conceded 10 points on serve (24-10).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Tiafoe conquered in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Andrey was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 65 points. Frances won 5 more points than the Russian (35-30). Tiafoe surrendered 10 points on serve (23-10). In addition, on the other side, Andrey conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Andrey RublevRublev (7-63 7-60 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-3 6-77 6-70 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-1 6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (7-5 4-6 7-5 6-73 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Casper RuudRuud (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-1) – H2H details and stats