Frances Tiafoe victorious over Alexei Popyrin 6-4 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3 in the 4th round in New York on Monday. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tiafoe added to his prize money $ 205,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 530,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Frances will add $ 470,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,000,000 in total.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Popyrin is 1-0.
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Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Tiafoe was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 56 points. Frances was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Popyrin (31-25). Tiafoe lost 6 points on serve (21-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Alexei conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
The American conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Frances broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-3.
Tiebreak
Frances won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Alexei won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.
Frances won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
They played 86 points. Frances was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Alexei (46-40). The American conceded 11 points on serve (25-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Popyrin conceded 21 points on serve (29-21).
Alexei in this set was much more effective than the American and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Tiafoe in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Popyrin wasted a good opportunity to break Frances in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Alexei was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Alexei didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. Popyrin was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than the American (28-16). Alexei lost 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the court, Frances conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the American clinched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3
).Tiafoe converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They played 51 points. Frances was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Alexei (28-23). Frances surrendered 9 points on serve (22-9). On the other side, the Australian conceded 6 points on serve (14-6).
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