Carlos Alcaraz victorious over Frances Tiafoe 6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3 in the semifinal in New York on Friday. Alcaraz will play Casper Ruud in the final. The epic lasted 4 hours and 19 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Alcaraz's Record

Alcaraz added to his prize money $ 595,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 1,300,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alcaraz will add $ 1,300,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 2,600,000 in total.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Frances Tiafoe U.S. Open – New York

Alcaraz’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Alcaraz
Tiafoe
6-76 6-3 6-1
6-75 6-3
4h:19
171
171
Total points
142
142
78
78
Winners
54
54
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
37
37
Unforced
52
52
42%
42%
Ratio Unforced
58%
58%
32/42
32/42
Net Approaches
29/55
29/55
76%
76%
Perc
53%
53%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
15
15
3
3
Double Faults
6
6
70%
70%
1st in
47%
47%
74%
74%
1st won
71%
71%
78/105
78/105
1st won
54/76
54/76
60%
60%
2nd won
49%
49%
27/45
27/45
2nd won
43/87
43/87
207
207
Fastest serve
218
218
182
182
AVG 1st Serve
194
194
148
148
AVG 2nd Serve
143
143
-- Break Points --
9/20
9/20
Total
3/7
3/7
45%
45%
Won
43%
43%
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At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 171 points vs. the American’s 142.

Alcaraz

Alcaraz won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 45% (9/20) of the procured opportunities.

Tiafoe

On the other side, the American was battling in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Tiafoe is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Casper Ruud – stats

Alcaraz will play Ruud in the final.

This will be the 3rd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Alcaraz won 7-5 6-4 in the final in Miami back in April 2022.

Live score progression and stats

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Frances won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Frances won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Spaniard won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5) and 12th (6-6) point.

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

Frances wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Alcaraz was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 6th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 84 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 2 more points than Carlos (43-41). Tiafoe dropped 11 points on serve (33-11). On the other side, Carlos conceded 10 points on serve (30-10).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Carlos clinched in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

Carlos converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 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 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).

They played 60 points. Alcaraz was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the American (34-26). The Spaniard lost 10 points on serve (24-10). In addition, on the other side, Tiafoe conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).

Alcaraz started the set in the best possible way after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 1st

game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Spaniard improved his lead after breaking Tiafoe in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Carlos won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

Carlos converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Alcaraz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 34 points. Carlos was the one to win the set after conquering 16 points more than the American (25-9

). Carlos was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the court, Tiafoe conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).

Alcaraz was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Tiafoe was not done to come back to break the Spaniard in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

Tiebreak

The American won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (4-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Spaniard won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3) and 10th (5-5) point.

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

Frances was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-2 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 15-40). Tiafoe saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Moreover, on the other side, the Spaniard was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (2-1 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).

They contested 85 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Frances won just 3 points more than Alcaraz (44-41). Frances dropped 16 points on serve (29-16). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (25-15).

Alcaraz had a great start in this set after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for the Spaniard to win the set because Frances managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Carlos kept his cool to break Frances in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Alcaraz converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tiafoe was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).

They played 50 points. Alcaraz was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than the American (30-20). The Spaniard conceded 6 points on serve (14-6). On the losing side, Tiafoe conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

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