Roman Safiullin surprises Matthew Forbes 6-4 7-6(2) 6-2 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. Safiullin will engage against Matteo Arnaldi in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes. This run will match his best result in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.

New York
Safiullin's Record

The Russian added to his prize money $ 40,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 215,000 in total.

Highlights Roman Safiullin vs. Matthew Forbes U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Safiullin
Forbes
6-4 7-62 6-2
2h:28
121
121
Total points
94
94
47
47
Winners
45
45
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
41
41
Unforced
66
66
38%
38%
Ratio Unforced
62%
62%
21/27
21/27
Net Approaches
7/16
7/16
78%
78%
Perc
44%
44%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
5
5
5
5
Double Faults
7
7
59%
59%
1st in
65%
65%
77%
77%
1st won
62%
62%
47/61
47/61
1st won
45/73
45/73
52%
52%
2nd won
38%
38%
22/42
22/42
2nd won
15/39
15/39
202
202
Fastest serve
207
207
179
179
AVG 1st Serve
173
173
152
152
AVG 2nd Serve
145
145
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
Total
2/11
2/11
36%
36%
Won
18%
18%
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At the end of the match, Roman scored 121 points vs. matthew ‘s 94.

Safiullin

The Russian served very well to win 77% of the points (47/61) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (22/42) on his second serve. Safiullin won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.

Forbes

On the other side, Forbes was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 18%2/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Safiullin and Forbes is 1-0 for Roman.

Draw and next match H2H: Roman Safiullin vs. Matteo Arnaldi – stats

Safiullin will face Arnaldi in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Roman Safiullin and Matteo Arnaldi clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Safiullin won 7-64 6-2 in the quarter in Brisbane back in January 2024.

1st
Safiullin
Forbes
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Safiullin
Forbes
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
3rd
Safiullin
Forbes
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0

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