Frances Tiafoe overcomes Shelton in the 3rd round at the U.S. Open – U.S. OPEN RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

Frances Tiafoe victorious over Ben Shelton 4-6 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 in the 3^rd round in New York on Friday in what was an all-American match. Tiafoe will engage against Alexei Popyrin in the 4^th round. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

New York

Tiafoe's Record

Frances added to his prize money $ 110,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 325,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tiafoe will add $ 205,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 530,000 in total.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Ben Shelton U.S. Open – New York

Tiafoe’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tiafoe

Shelton

4-6 7-5 6-7⁵
6-4 6-3
4h:03

173

173

Total points

158

158

69

69

Winners

81

81

40%

40%

Ratio Winners

51%

51%

27

27

Unforced

58

58

32%

32%

Ratio Unforced

68%

68%

35/48

35/48

Net Approaches

34/50

34/50

73%

73%

Perc

68%

68%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

23

23

5

5

Double Faults

4

4

57%

57%

1st in

66%

66%

76%

76%

1st won

71%

71%

69/91

69/91

1st won

81/114

81/114

60%

60%

2nd won

48%

48%

41/68

41/68

2nd won

28/58

28/58

215

215

Fastest serve

230

230

188

188

AVG 1^st Serve

185

185

137

137

AVG 2^nd Serve

164

164

-- Break Points --

5/21

5/21

Total

3/7

3/7

24%

24%

Won

43%

43%

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After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Shelton is 1-2 for Ben.

Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats

Tiafoe will come up against Popyrin in the 4^th round.

There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Frances had an good ride in the last 2 sets to drop 7 games after winning 63 points vs. Popyrin’s 46 points.

Live score progression and stats

Shelton won the set after he broke Tiafoe in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Frances tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. Anyhow, Shelton refused to give way to win the set 6-4.

Shelton was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4^th (2-1 30-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 15-40). In addition on the other side, Tiafoe was unerring in converting all his break points in the 9^th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 55 points. The contest during this set was so even that Ben won barely 1 point more than Tiafoe (28-27). Shelton surrendered 12 points on serve (19-12). On the other side, Tiafoe conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Tiafoe snatched in the 11^th game (6-5) just before ultimately winning the set (7-5).

Frances lost a big opportunity to break Shelton in the 7^th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40) in the 7^th (40-0) and in the 9^th (40-0) game.

Tiafoe converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 7^th (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9^th (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 73 points. Frances conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Ben (39-34). Tiafoe conceded 8 points on serve (25-8). In addition, on the other side, Shelton conceded 14 points on serve (26-14).

Ben won the set after he broke Tiafoe in the 8^th (5-3) game. Tiafoe tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Ben refused to give way to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 5.

Shelton failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.

Tiebreak

Shelton won 4 minibreaks in the 2^nd (2-0), 3^rd (3-0), 6^th (6-0) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, Tiafoe won 2 minibreaks in the 8^th (2-6) and 9^th (3-6) point.

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

Shelton was perfect in converting all his break points in the 6^th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8^th game (4-3 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Frances was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 93 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ben won just 3 more points than Tiafoe (48-45). Ben surrendered 15 points on serve (28-15). In addition, on the other side, Frances conceded 20 points on serve (30-20).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Tiafoe conquered in the 10^th game (6-4).

Frances converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6^th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 61 points. Frances was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Shelton (34-27). Frances dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the net, Shelton conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Frances conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Tiafoe was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4^th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Shelton was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2^nd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 48 points. Frances was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Shelton (28-20). Tiafoe surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). In addition, on the other side, Shelton conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).

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