
Frances Tiafoe defeats Taro Daniel 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Dallas on Monday. Tiafoe will square off with Brandon Nakashima or Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2018, 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tiafoe added to his prize money $ 18,840 after winning this match. He has already won $ 40,365 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tiafoe will add $ 35,250 to his earnings to get in total $ 75,615 in total.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Taro Daniel Dallas Open – Dallas
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tiafoe scored 81 points vs. the Japanese’s 71.
Tiafoe
Tiafoe didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Daniel
On the other side, Taro was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Daniel is 2-0 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima or Yoshihito Nishioka – stats
Tiafoe will take on either Brandon Nakashima or Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2nd round. The head to head is 5-1 vs. Brandon Nakashima and 3-2 vs. Yoshihito Nishioka.
Live score progression and stats
Tiafoe was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Taro Daniel in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The American improved his lead after breaking Taro in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Frances failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 0.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Frances won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
The American converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Taro wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They contested 49 points. Frances was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Taro (32-17). Frances dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Japanese conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
Taro won the set after he broke the American in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Taro failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
The Japanese was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Japanese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Taro was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Frances (30-17). The Japanese lost 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, Frances conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Frances grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Tiafoe converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Taro wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 0th game (1-1 40-A).
They played 56 points. Tiafoe was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Japanese (32-24). Tiafoe surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the court, Daniel conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
Tennis Scores in Dallas
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 3-6 6-4)
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- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 6-4)
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Trevor SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-2)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Brandon HoltHolt (6-1 7-5)
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