Sebastian Korda bests Frances Tiafoe 7-6(2) 6-3 in the 2nd round in London on Wednesday in what was an all-American affair. Korda will square off with Cameron Norrie in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Korda added to his prize money € 28,040 after winning this match. He has already won € 60,145 after this win. If he wins the next match, Korda will add € 57,570 to his earnings to get in total € 117,715 in total.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Frances Tiafoe cinch Championships – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Korda scored 72 points vs. Tiafoe’s 60.
Korda
Sebastian served very well to win 90% of the points (35/39) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 44% points (14/32) on his second serve. Sebastian struck 15 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Sebastian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).
Tiafoe
On the other side, Tiafoe was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Korda and Tiafoe is 2-3 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Cameron Norrie – stats
Korda will fight against Norrie in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Sebastian Korda and Cameron Norrie play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Korda (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
Live score progression and stats
Sebastian won the set after he broke Frances .
Korda wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Frances was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 14th game (5-7 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 89 points. The contest during this set was so even that Sebastian won just 1 point more than Frances (45-44). Korda lost 19 points on serve (37-19). In addition, on the other side, Frances conceded 8 points on serve (25-8).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Korda snatched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
Korda was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, Korda didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. Sebastian won 9 more points than Tiafoe (27-18). Sebastian dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Frances conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
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