Tiafoe bests Zapata Miralles in the 2nd round of the Rakuten Japan Open. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN - TOKYO DRAW AND RESULTS. Tiafoe beats Zapata Miralles to take on Miomir Kecmanovic in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles

Frances Tiafoe tops Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-1 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Thursday. Tiafoe will square off with Miomir Kecmanovic in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Tiafoe
Tokyo
Tiafoe's Record

Frances added to his prize money $ 24,955 after winning this match. He has won already $ 53,520 after this win. If he wins the next match, Frances will add $ 51,225 to his earnings to get in total $ 104,745 in total.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tiafoe
Miralles
Frances Tiafoe
6-1 7-67
1h:32
Bernabe Zapata Miralles
76
76
Total points
61
61
28
28
Winners
27
27
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
54%
54%
1st in
60%
60%
78%
78%
1st won
64%
64%
28/36
28/36
1st won
27/42
27/42
55%
55%
2nd won
43%
43%
17/31
17/31
2nd won
12/28
12/28
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
1/6
1/6
44%
44%
Won
17%
17%
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At the end of the match, Frances scored 76 points vs. Zapata Miralles’s 61.

Tiafoe

Frances served extremely well to win 78% of the points (28/36) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (17/31) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Zapata Miralles

On the other side, the Spaniard was struggling when converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Zapata Miralles is 1-0 for Frances.

Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Miomir Kecmanovic – stats

Tiafoe will compete against Kecmanovic in the quarter.

This will be the 4th time that Frances Tiafoe and Miomir Kecmanovic clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

Frances Tiafoe Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Tiafoe had a favorable start in this set after breaking Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Frances reinforced his lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

One of the most important stints of the set was when Frances won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

The American converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 2nd (2-0 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Bernabe was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 40 points. Frances was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Spaniard (25-15). The American lost 5 points on serve (13-5). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).

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The American clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Tiafoe broke back in the 6th (3-3) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 9-7.

Tiebreak

The American won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 11th (6-5), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Zapata Miralles won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 12th (6-6) point.

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

Frances converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Zapata Miralles converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).

They contested 97 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the Spaniard (51-46). Frances conceded 17 points on serve (31-17). In addition, on the other side, Zapata Miralles conceded 20 points on serve (29-20).

 

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