Jack Draper outlasts Frances Tiafoe 5-7 6-4 7-6(1) in the quarter in Stuttgart on Friday after winning a huge battle. Draper will face off with Brandon Nakashima in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes.
The Brit added to his prize money € 16,120 after winning this match. He has already won € 38,335 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Brit will add € 26,870 to his earnings to get in total € 65,205.
Highlights Jack Draper vs. Frances Tiafoe Boss Open – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jack scored 114 points vs. the American’s 99.
Draper
Draper served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (53/62) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (20/33) on his second serve. Draper fired 31 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Jack won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 17% (1/6) of the procured opportunities.
Tiafoe
On the other side, Frances was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Draper and Tiafoe is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Jack Draper vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats
Draper will square off with Nakashima in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Jack Draper and Brandon Nakashima face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Draper and Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Frances snatched in the 11th game (6-5) prior to ultimately conquering the set (7-5).
Jack was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Frances was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Draper was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They contested 84 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Brit (41-43). Tiafoe dropped 15 points on serve (30-15). On the losing side, Jack conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).
Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Draper grabbed in the 10th game (6-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Jack failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Jack converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Draper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 57 points. Jack was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Tiafoe (33-24). Jack lost 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the net, Tiafoe conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. the Brit had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-1.
Tiebreak
Jack won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
The Brit wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Draper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 72 points. The Brit was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Frances (38-34). Draper lost 5 points on serve (23-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Frances conceded 15 points on serve (29-15).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexander BublikBublik (4-6 6-1 1-0 ret.)
- Jack DraperDraper – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (5-7 6-4 7-61)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (w/o)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jack DraperDraper (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-0) – H2H details and stats