Frances Tiafoe gets by Flavio Cobolli 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Delray Beach on Friday. Tiafoe will try to keep the momentum against Tommy Paul in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes. The American won this tournament once in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tiafoe added to his prize money $ 14,515 after winning this match. He has already won $ 34,510 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 24,190 to his earnings to get in total $ 58,700.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Flavio Cobolli Delray Beach Open – Delray Beach
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:08
At the end of the match, Tiafoe scored 66 points vs. Cobolli’s 43.
Tiafoe
Tiafoe served pretty well to win 79% of the points (23/29) behind his first serve, and he won 72% points (13/18) on his second serve. Tiafoe won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Cobolli
On the other side, the Italian wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Cobolli is 1-0 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Tiafoe will fight against Paul in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Tiafoe won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Lexington Challenger back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Frances won the set after he broke Flavio in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Cobolli tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Anyhow, the American didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-4.
A defining moment of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.
The American converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Flavio converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 68 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Italian (36-32). The American lost 10 points on serve (20-10). On the other side, Cobolli conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
Frances in this set was in much better shape than Cobolli and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking the Italian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Flavio was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The American converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 41 points. Tiafoe conquered the set after winning 19 points more than Cobolli (30-11). Tiafoe was perfect on serve to concede only 1 point during his serving games (16-1). on the other side of the court, Cobolli conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).
Tennis Scores in Delray Beach
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Marcos GironGiron (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (2-1) – H2H details and stats
