
Arthur Fils beats Frances Tiafoe 7-6(11) 5-7 6-2 in the 3rd round in Miami on Monday. Fils will clash against Alexander Zverev in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 55 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Arthur added to his prize money $ 42,785 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 103,225 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fils will add $ 85,850 to his earnings to get in total $ 189,075 in total.
Highlights Arthur Fils vs. Frances Tiafoe Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the French player scored 128 points vs. Tiafoe’s 114.
Fils
Fils struck 21 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Arthur won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.
Tiafoe
On the other side, Tiafoe was pretty good at converting 60% of the break points that he procured points (3/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Fils and Tiafoe is 1-0 for Arthur.
Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Fils vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Fils will take on Zverev in the 4th round.
This will be the 5th time that Arthur Fils and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The French player won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 8th (3-5) game, Fils broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 41-0.
Tiebreak
Arthur won 3 minibreaks in the 15th (15-0), 40th (40-0) and 41st (41-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 15-0, 30-0, 40-0, 41-0
They played 107 points. Fils conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Tiafoe (56-51). The French player surrendered 25 points on serve (37-25). On the other side, the American conceded 19 points on serve (26-19).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Tiafoe grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) prior to eventually winning the set (7-5).
Arthur was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.
They contested 93 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 more points than Fils (48-45). The American surrendered 24 points on serve (37-24). In addition, on the other side, Arthur conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).
The French player was in much better shape than Frances and consequently he won 6-2. The American broke Arthur in the 3rd (2-1) game. However, the French player broke his opponent in the 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (2-6) game, but that didn’t prevent his to conquer the set (6-2).
Tiafoe was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Arthur converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 43 points. The French player won 11 more points than Tiafoe (27-16). Arthur conceded 5 points on serve (10-5). On the other side, Tiafoe conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).
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