Frances Tiafoe overcomes Holger Rune 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Sunday. Tiafoe is going to play against Jannik Sinner in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2017. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Cincinnati
Tiafoe's Record

The American added to his prize money $ 259,695 after winning this match. He has already won $ 573,090 after this win. If he wins the next match, Frances will add $ 476,370 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,049,460 in total.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Holger Rune Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tiafoe
Rune
4-6 6-1 7-64
2h:08
98
98
Total points
83
83
36
36
Winners
34
34
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
12
12
1
1
Double Faults
8
8
50%
50%
1st in
48%
48%
78%
78%
1st won
79%
79%
36/46
36/46
1st won
34/43
34/43
61%
61%
2nd won
46%
46%
28/46
28/46
2nd won
21/46
21/46
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
2/6
2/6
50%
50%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 98 points vs. Rune’s 83.

Tiafoe

Frances served pretty well to win 78% of the points (36/46) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (28/46) on his second serve. The American blasted 13 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Frances didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).

Rune

On the other side, Holger was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Jannik Sinner – stats

Tiafoe will take on Sinner in the final.

This will be the 5th time that Frances Tiafoe and Jannik Sinner fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Rune 6-4
RuneTiafoe
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
RuneTiafoe
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RuneTiafoe
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
RuneTiafoe
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
RuneTiafoe
3
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
RuneTiafoe
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RuneTiafoe
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
RuneTiafoe
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
RuneTiafoe
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
RuneTiafoe
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
RuneTiafoe
0
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Holger snatched in the 9th game (5-4) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Tiafoe was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The Dane was unerring in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Rune didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 67 points. Holger was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Tiafoe (36-31). The Dane dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Frances conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).

2nd Set -
Tiafoe 6-1
TiafoeRune
6
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
TiafoeRune
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
TiafoeRune
5
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
TiafoeRune
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
TiafoeRune
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
TiafoeRune
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
TiafoeRune
2
0
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Tiafoe was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Holger Rune in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The American reinforced his lead after breaking Holger in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Holger lost the 2nd

game (2-0) when he was 40-0 up. The Dane was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-1 to 6-1.

Tiafoe converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 43 points. Tiafoe won 11 points more than Holger (27-16). Tiafoe was incredibly sharp on serve to concede not even a single point during his serving games (12-0). On the losing side, Holger conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).

3rd Set -
Tiafoe 7-6
TiafoeRune
7
6
R
0
1
T
1
1
T
2
1
R
2
2
R
3
2
T
4
2
T
4
3
R
5
3
R
6
3
T
6
4
T
7
4
TiafoeRune
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
TiafoeRune
5
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
TiafoeRune
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
TiafoeRune
4
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
TiafoeRune
3
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
TiafoeRune
2
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
TiafoeRune
2
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
TiafoeRune
1
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
TiafoeRune
1
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
TiafoeRune
0
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
TiafoeRune
0
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

Tiafoe started the set strong after breaking Holger Rune in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Tiafoe managed to stage a great comeback to break the Dane in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.

Tiebreak

Tiafoe won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Rune won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4) and 10th (4-6) point.

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

The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 0-40). On the other side, Rune converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 71 points. Frances was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Rune (39-32). The American conceded 13 points on serve (27-13). on the other side of the net, the Dane conceded 12 points on serve (19-12).

1st
Tiafoe
Rune
4-6
4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Tiafoe
Rune
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Tiafoe
Rune
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1

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