Frances Tiafoe beats Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5 in the 1st round in New York on Monday in what was an all-American encounter. Tiafoe will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Alexander Shevchenko in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 16 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Frances added to his prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tiafoe will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 215,000 in total.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic U.S. Open – New York
Tiafoe’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tiafoe scored 144 points vs. Kovacevic’s 122.
Tiafoe
Frances served pretty well to win 80% of the points (61/76) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (29/55) on his second serve. Tiafoe fired 18 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Frances won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.
Kovacevic
On the other side, Aleksandar wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Tiafoe and Kovacevic is 2-0 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexander Shevchenko – stats
Tiafoe will square off with Shevchenko in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Alexander Shevchenko since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tiafoe conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Frances converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Frances didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 66 points. Tiafoe conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Kovacevic (38-28). Frances conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the net, Aleksandar conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Frances grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) before finally winning the set (6-3).
Tiafoe converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Frances didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 58 points. Tiafoe was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Aleksandar (35-23). Tiafoe conceded 5 points on serve (21-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Kovacevic conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Tiafoe started the set in the best possible way after breaking Aleksandar Kovacevic in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Aleksandar to win the set since Tiafoe found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Kovacevic kept his focus to break Tiafoe in the 10th (6-4) game.
Aleksandar was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Frances was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40).
They contested 74 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kovacevic won just 2 points more than Tiafoe (38-36). Kovacevic conceded 13 points on serve (18-13). On the other side, Frances conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Frances snatched in the 11th game (6-5) before eventually winning the set (7-5).
Tiafoe converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 68 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tiafoe won just 2 points more than Kovacevic (35-33
). Frances dropped 11 points on serve (26-11). on the other side of the net, Aleksandar conceded 9 points on serve (22-9).Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
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