Frances Tiafoe victorious over Ben Shelton 4-6 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday in what was an all-American match. Tiafoe will engage against Alexei Popyrin in the 4th round. His most significant 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 $ 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
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 4th 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 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Frances tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (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 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). In addition on the other side, Tiafoe was unerring in converting all his break points in the 9th 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 11th game (6-5) just before ultimately winning the set (7-5).
Frances lost a big opportunity to break Shelton in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40) in the 7th (40-0) and in the 9th (40-0) game.
Tiafoe converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th 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 8th (5-3) game. Tiafoe tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (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 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Tiafoe won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (2-6) and 9th (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 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Frances was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th 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 10th game (6-4).
Frances converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th 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 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).
Tiafoe was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th 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 2nd 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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