Frances Tiafoe topples Darderi in the semifinal to set up a clash vs Shelton. HIGHLIGHTS – HOUSTON RESULTS

Frances Tiafoe beats Luciano Darderi 6-2 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Houston on Saturday. Tiafoe will try to keep the momentum against Ben Shelton in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. Frances won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Houston

Tiafoe's Record

Frances added to his prize money $ 24,190 after winning this match. He has already won $ 58,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, Frances will add $ 41,935 to his earnings to get in total $ 100,635 in total.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Luciano Darderi US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tiafoe

Darderi

6-2 7-6²
1h:34

76

76

Total points

58

58

38

38

Winners

29

29

50%

50%

Ratio Winners

50%

50%

-- Serve --

9

9

Aces

6

6

1

1

Double Faults

2

2

72%

72%

1st in

61%

61%

83%

83%

1st won

67%

67%

38/46

38/46

1st won

29/43

29/43

50%

50%

2nd won

44%

44%

9/18

9/18

2nd won

12/27

12/27

-- Break Points --

2/6

2/6

Total

0/2

0/2

33%

33%

Won

0%

0%

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At the end of the match, Tiafoe scored 76 points vs. Darderi’s 58.

Tiafoe

Tiafoe served extremely well to win 83% of the points (38/46) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (9/18) on his second serve. Frances won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.

Darderi

On the other side, Luciano wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Tiafoe and Darderi is 1-0 for Frances.

Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Ben Shelton – stats

Tiafoe will compete against Shelton in the final.

This will be the 2^nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

Live score progression and stats

Tiafoe in this set was much more effective than Luciano and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking the Italian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

The Italian was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.

Tiafoe converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7^th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 46 points. Tiafoe was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Darderi (28-18). Frances was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, Darderi conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. the American had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.

Tiebreak

The American won 4 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (4-0), 5^th (5-0) and 9^th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Italian won a minibreak in the 7^th (1-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2

Tiafoe was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 40-A), the 5^th (2-2 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Darderi was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6^th game (3-2 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 88 points. The American won 6 more points than Luciano (47-41). Tiafoe lost 14 points on serve (31-14). On the other side, Darderi conceded 16 points on serve (27-16).

Tennis Scores in Houston

• Ben SheltonShelton – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4)
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-2 7-6²)

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