Francis Tiafoe survives Bublik in the 2nd round of the Citi Open

Frances Tiafoe survives Alexander Bublik 6-1 7-6⁵ in the 2^nd round in Washington on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Tiafoe is going to play against in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Francis was too good to concede just 1 game before breaking Bublik 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Alexander was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

2^nd set.

Tiafoe won the set after he broke the Kazakhstani in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. Bublik tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (3-5) game. Anyhow, Tiafoe refused to give way before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 5.

At the end of the match, the American scored 74 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 59 points.

Francis was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7). On the other side, Alexander had a tough time in converting his break points because he converted only 33% of his break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Tiafoe and Bublik is 1-0 for Francis.