Fabian Marozsan shocks Tiafoe in the 2nd round at the Australian Open – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

Fabian Marozsan stuns Frances Tiafoe 6-7(3) 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Marozsan will engage against Lorenzo Sonego in the 3^rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 17 minutes. This run will match his best result in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.

The Hungarian added to his prize money $ 90,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Marozsan will add $ 130,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.

Highlights Fabian Marozsan vs. Frances Tiafoe Australian Open – Melbourne

Marozsan’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Marozsan scored 168 points vs. the American’s 154.

Marozsan

Marozsan blasted 14 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Fabian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 35% (6/17) of the procured opportunities.

Tiafoe

On the other side, Tiafoe was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 15% – 3/20). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Marozsan and Tiafoe is 1-0 for Fabian.

Draw and next match H2H: Fabian Marozsan vs. Lorenzo Sonego – stats

Marozsan will fight against Sonego in the 3^rd round.

There is no head to head record between Fabian Marozsan and Lorenzo Sonego since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Marozsan had an good ride in the last 2 sets to drop 5 games after winning 64 points vs. Sonego’s 44 points.

Live score progression and stats

Tiafoe won the set after he broke the Hungarian in the 5^th (3-2) game. Fabian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, Tiafoe didn’t blink to conquer the set 7-6.

Tiafoe was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5^th game (2-2 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Marozsan was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4^th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6^th game (2-3 15-40).

They played 86 points. Tiafoe was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Fabian (46-40). Tiafoe dropped 17 points on serve (34-17). Regarding the other side of the net, the Hungarian conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Marozsan grabbed in the 5^th game (3-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).

Fabian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11^th game (6-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10^th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 64 points. Fabian won 8 more points than the American (36-28). The Hungarian surrendered 11 points on serve (25-11). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).

Marozsan conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 2^nd game (2-0). Tiafoe managed to boost his lead after breaking Fabian in the 8^th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).

Fabian was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.

The American was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (1-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8^th (4-3 15-40) and the 10^th game (6-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Fabian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9^th game (3-5 30-40).

They played 61 points. Frances conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the Hungarian (34-27). Tiafoe conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). In addition, on the other side, Fabian conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Hungarian grabbed in the 10^th game (6-4) before finally conquering the set (6-4).

Fabian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

Marozsan converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10^th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7^th game (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 72 points. Fabian conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Frances (38-34). The Hungarian conceded 15 points on serve (30-15). on the other side of the court, Frances conceded 8 points on serve (19-8).

Marozsan conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Fabian improved his lead after breaking Tiafoe in the 4^th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this set was when Marozsan won 4 consecutive games in the 5^th set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Marozsan converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4^th game (3-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Hungarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 36 points. Marozsan won 12 more points than the American (24-12). The Hungarian was astonishing on serve to drop just 1 point during his serving games (12-1). on the other side of the net, Frances conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).

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• Jannik SinnerSinner – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (4-6 6-4 6-1 6-3)
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• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-7⁶ 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-3)
• Marcos GironGiron – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-5 3-6 7-5 3-6 6-4)
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• Tommy PaulPaul – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-7³ 6-0 6-3 6-1)
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-7⁷ 6-7⁵ 6-4 6-1 6-3)
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