Frances Tiafoe gets by Feliciano Lopez 6-2 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in Acapulco on Wednesday. Tiafoe will play against Taylor Fritz in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2019 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Frances added to his prize money $ 25,715 after winning this match. He has already won $ 55,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 52,830 to his earnings to get in total $ 108,000 in total.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Feliciano Lopez Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:28
At the end of the match, the American scored 70 points vs. Lopez’s 58.
Tiafoe
The American served pretty well to win 80% of the points (28/35) behind his first serve, and he won 74% points (20/27) on his second serve. The American was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).
Lopez
On the other side, Lopez wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Lopez is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Tiafoe will fight against Fritz in the quarter.
This will be the 7th time that Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz play each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Tiafoe was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Feliciano Lopez in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Tiafoe reinforced his lead after breaking Feliciano in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).
There was an important spell in this set when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
The American converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 0-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 55 points. Tiafoe conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Spaniard (32-23). Frances dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Feliciano conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the American won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
Tiafoe won 2 minibreaks in the 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. The American saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Moreover, on the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Frances won just 3 points more than Lopez (38-35). Tiafoe surrendered 8 points on serve (30-8). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 8 points on serve (27-8).
Tennis Scores in Acapulco
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- Tommy PaulPaul – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 2-2 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-2 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Elias YmerYmer (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (5-1) – H2H details and stats
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