Frances Tiafoe gets the better of Daniel Elahi Galan 6-7(8) 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Washington on Tuesday. Tiafoe will square off with Roberto Carballes Baena or Aleksandar Kovacevic in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 12,695 after winning this match. He has already won $ 28,055 after this win. If he wins the next match, Frances will add $ 25,185 to his earnings to get in total $ 53,240 in total.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Daniel Elahi Galan Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Frances scored 104
points vs. Elahi Galan Riveros’s 94.Tiafoe
Tiafoe served pretty well to win 82% of the points (45/55) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (23/45) on his second serve. Tiafoe fired 14 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Frances was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (5/10).
Elahi Galan Riveros
On the other side, Daniel was not so effective in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Tiafoe and Elahi Galan Riveros is 1-0 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Roberto Carballes Baena or Aleksandar Kovacevic – stats
Tiafoe will fight against either Roberto Carballes Baena or Aleksandar Kovacevic in the 3rd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Roberto Carballes Baena and 0-0 vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic.
Live score progression and stats
Elahi Galan Riveros won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 12th (6-6) game, Daniel broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Daniel failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.
The Colombian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (1-3 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Frances was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 102 points. Elahi Galan Riveros won 6 more points than Frances (54-48). The Colombian lost 25 points on serve (37-25). Regarding the other side of the net, Frances conceded 17 points on serve (23-17).
The American won the set after he broke Elahi Galan Riveros in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
Daniel was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Tiafoe converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Elahi Galan Riveros wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 0th game (1-1 40-A).
They contested 57 points. The American conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Daniel (34-23). Tiafoe conceded 10 points on serve (23-10). on the other side of the net, Daniel conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Frances grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Frances was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Frances didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Frances was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Daniel (23-16). The American was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the court, Daniel conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).
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