Frances Tiafoe beats Alex Michelsen 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Houston on Friday in what was an all-American match. Tiafoe will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Brandon Nakashima in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. Tiafoe won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tiafoe added to his prize money $ 14,925 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 35,480 up to now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Frances will add $ 24,870 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,350.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Alex Michelsen US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:32
At the end of the match, Tiafoe scored 76 points vs. Michelsen’s 58.
Tiafoe
Frances served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (14/25) on his second serve. Tiafoe won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 25% (4/16) of the procured opportunities.
Michelsen
On the other side, Michelsen had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Tiafoe and Michelsen is 2-0 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats
Tiafoe will face Nakashima in the semifinal.
This will be the 7th time that Frances Tiafoe and Brandon Nakashima square off. The head to head is 5-1 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Tiafoe conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Alex Michelsen in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Frances refused to bow to come back to break Alex in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Tiafoe failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Frances converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 10th (5-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Alex converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 13th game (4-7 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 87 points. Frances was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Michelsen (46-41). Tiafoe surrendered 17 points on serve (28-17). on the other side of the court, Michelsen conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).
Tiafoe won the set after he broke Michelsen in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Alex was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Tiafoe converted 20% of his break points (2/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Frances didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Frances conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Alex (30-17). Frances was absolutely perfect on serve to concede just 1 point during his serving games (12-1). In addition, on the other side, Alex conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Tommy PaulPaul – Colton SmithSmith (6-1 7-61)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-5 6-1)
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (2-6 6-3 6-4)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Tommy PaulPaul – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-4) – H2H details and stats
