Frances Tiafoe outpaces Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday after playing a fantastic match to square off with Jiri Lehecka in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Frances added to his prize money $ 42,405 after winning this match. He has already won $ 91,435 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tiafoe will add $ 79,505 to his earnings to get in total $ 170,940 in total.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Lorenzo Musetti Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Frances scored 61 points vs. Musetti’s 40.
Tiafoe
The American served very well to win 84% of the points (26/31) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (6/10) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Musetti
On the other side, Lorenzo wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Musetti is 4-3 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Jiri Lehecka – stats
Tiafoe will fight against Lehecka in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Jiri Lehecka clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Tiafoe won the set after he broke the Italian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Frances failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
Frances missed the chance to break Lorenzo in the 3rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Musetti couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Frances converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th
(3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They contested 59 points. Tiafoe was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than the Italian (35-24). Frances lost 8 points on serve (20-8). In addition, on the other side, Lorenzo conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Tiafoe took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd
game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Frances improved his lead after breaking the Italian in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.The American converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Tiafoe won 10 more points than Musetti (26-16). Tiafoe was flawless on serve to concede barely 1 point during his serving games (12-1). on the other side of the net, Musetti conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-62 6-4)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-4)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 7-5)
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