Frances Tiafoe ousts Soon-Woo Kwon 6-2 0-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Tokyo on Saturday. Tiafoe will have to play Taylor Fritz in the final. The match lasted 1 hour 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 2nd round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Frances added to his prize money $ 91,795 after winning this match. He has won already $ 196,540 after this win. If he wins the next match, Frances will add $ 168,735 to his earnings to get in total $ 365,275 in total.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Soon-Woo Kwon Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:36
Tiafoe won this contest even if he scored less points than the Korean (73 vs. 74).
Tiafoe
The American was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Kwon
On the other side, Soon-Woo was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (4/8). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Kwon is 2-0 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Tiafoe will face Fritz in the final.
This will be the 6th time that Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Fritz won 5-7 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in US Open back in August 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Frances in this set was too good for the Korean and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking the Korean in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
There was an important spell in this set when Tiafoe won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
The American converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. Frances was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Kwon (26-17). The American conceded 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, Kwon conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
This set was completely uneven because the Korean conceded no games to Frances before winning the set 6-0.
The Korean was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, the Korean didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 35 points. Soon-Woo won 15 points more than the American (25-10). Kwon was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).
Frances won the set after he broke Soon-Woo in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Soon-Woo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Yet, Frances stayed solid to conquer the set 6-4.
Tiafoe failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
A defining moment of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
The American converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Korean converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 69 points. The American won 5 points more than the Korean (37-32). Tiafoe surrendered 12 points on serve (20-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Korean conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Taylor FritzFritz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-75 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-2 0-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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