Frances Tiafoe dispatches James Duckworth 6-2 6-7(4) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Houston on Thursday. Tiafoe will face Jordan Thompson or Aleksandar Kovacevic in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes. The American won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 8,385 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 19,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tiafoe will add $ 14,515 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,510 in total.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. James Duckworth US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Frances scored 100 points vs. the Australian’s 89.
Tiafoe
Frances served very well to win 84% of the points (42/50) behind his first serve, and he won 66% points (25/38) on his second serve. Frances struck 15 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The American was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Duckworth
On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Tiafoe and Duckworth is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Jordan Thompson or Aleksandar Kovacevic – stats
Tiafoe will face either Jordan Thompson or Aleksandar Kovacevic in the quarter. The head to head is 1-1
vs. Jordan Thompson and 0-0 vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic.Live score progression and stats
Tiafoe took off at the beginning of the set after breaking James Duckworth in the 1st game (1-0). The American improved his lead after breaking Duckworth in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
The American was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. The American conquered the set after winning 7 points more than James (26-19). Frances was perfect on serve to concede only 1 point during his serving games (16-1). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).
James won the set after he broke Tiafoe .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, Duckworth didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 79 points. It’s worth to point out that, James won this set even if he scored less points 5 than Frances (37-42). James surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). In addition, on the other side, Tiafoe conceded 16 points on serve (33-16).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Frances conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Tiafoe was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 65 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Frances won only 1 point more than Duckworth (33-32). Frances conceded 7 points on serve (20-7). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 13 points on serve (25-13).
Tennis Scores in Houston
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- Michael MmohMmoh – Max PurcellPurcell (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 6-74 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Zizou BergsBergs (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 2-6 7-64) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marcos GironGiron – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Michael MmohMmoh (1-0) – H2H details and stats