Hubert Hurkacz beats Frances Tiafoe 4-6 7-61 6-1 in the quarter in Salem Open on Friday. Hurkacz will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Benoit Paire in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Tiafoe started the set strong after breaking Hurkacz in the 1st game (1-0). That break was the key for the American to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
2nd set.
Hurkacz enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Yet, that was not enough for Hurkacz to win the set as Tiafoe found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Hubert maintained his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 1.
The American lost the 2nd game (2-0) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
A crucial moment of the match was when Hurkacz won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Yet also the American won 4 consecutive games from 0-4 to 4-4
3rd set.
Hurkacz didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Tiafoe in the 1st game (1-0). Hubert extended his lead after breaking Tiafoe in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
Tiafoe was unable to find the solution in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Pole scored 101 points vs. Francis’s 84 points.
The Pole served extremely well to win 79% of the points (45/57) behind his first serve. However he won only 45% points (14/31) on his second serve. Hubert struck 19 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Hubert won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 45% (5/11). On the other side, Francis had some problems in converting his break points since he converted only 38% of his break points (3/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Hurkacz and Tiafoe is 1-2 for Francis.
Next Match: Hubert Hurkacz vs. Benoit Paire – stats
Hurkacz will fight against Paire in the final.
There is no head to head record between Hubert Hurkacz and Benoit Paire since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
- Denis ShapovalovDenis – Andrey RublevAndrey (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonSteve – John MillmanJohn (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Benoit PaireBenoit – Pablo Carreno-BustaPablo (7-65 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHubert – Frances TiafoeFrances (4-6 7-61 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Benoit PaireBenoit – Hubert HurkaczHubert (0-0) – See H2H details
