Carlos Alcaraz victorious over Frances Tiafoe 5-7 6-2 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2 in the 3rd round in London on Friday. Alcaraz will have to play Ugo Humbert or Brandon Nakashima in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 50 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Carlos added to his prize money £ 83,000 after conquering this match. He has already won £ 226,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Carlos will add £ 149,000 to his earnings to get in total £ 375,000 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Frances Tiafoe Wimbledon – London
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Alcaraz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alcaraz scored 161 points vs. Frances’s 153.
Alcaraz
The Spaniard blasted 16 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Alcaraz didn’t lose the focus when converting 63% of the break points that he procured (5/8).
Tiafoe
On the other side, Tiafoe was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Alcaraz and Tiafoe is 2-1 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Ugo Humbert or Brandon Nakashima – stats
Alcaraz will take on either Ugo Humbert or Brandon Nakashima in the 4th round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Ugo Humbert and 2-0 vs. Brandon Nakashima.
Live score progression and stats
Tiafoe clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 6th (2-4) game, The American broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
Frances was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Spaniard was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 77 points. Frances was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the Spaniard (44-33). Frances lost 8 points on serve (25-8). on the other side of the court, Carlos conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).
The Spaniard in this set played much better tennis than Frances and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Tiafoe was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Carlos converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. Carlos won 9 points more than Tiafoe (30-21). Alcaraz lost 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Frances conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Tiafoe clinched in the 7th game (4-3) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Frances was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 71 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Alcaraz (40-31). Tiafoe conceded 8 points on serve (22-8). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Carlos had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
The Spaniard won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0) and 9th (7-2) point.
Alcaraz won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moreover, on the other side, Alcaraz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 73 points. Alcaraz won 7 points more than Tiafoe (40-33). Carlos lost 6 points on serve (29-6). On the other side, the American conceded 11 points on serve (27-11).
The Spaniard in this set was in much better shape than the American and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Frances in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
One of the most important stints of the set was when the Spaniard won 5 consecutive games in the 5th set to convert the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Spaniard converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Alcaraz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Carlos was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Tiafoe (27-15). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Frances conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Tennis Scores in Wimbledon
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-4 6-2)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (5-7 6-2 4-6 7-62 6-2)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-4 6-3)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-1 6-4 6-2)
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