Frances Tiafoe reaches Stuttgart final
June 17, 2023 _ Third-seeded Frances Tiafoe survived a marathon tiebreak and Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff rallied from a set down to set up Sunday’s Boss Open final in Stuttgart, Germany.
Tiafoe defeated unseeded Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 7-6 (11) and Struff upended No. 4 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in Saturday’s semifinals of the ATP 250 grass-court event.
Tiafoe survived six set points during the tiebreak, withstood 14 aces and never faced a break point against Fucsovics. Struff overcame 21 aces by Hurkacz and won 85 percent (17 of 20) of his points at the net.
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Unseeded Australian Jordan Thompson will try to win his first singles title when he faces Dutch favorite and No. 6 seed Tallon Griekspoor in Sunday’s final in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Thompson defeated countryman Rinky Hjikata 7-6 (5), 6-3 in just under two hours. Thompson saved the only break point he faced and recorded the match’s only service break in the fourth game of the second set.
Griekspoor, who is seeking his second career title, defeated Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4, 7-5 in Saturday’s other semifinal of the ATP 250 grass-court tournament. Griekspoor saved all four break points and posted nine aces.
–Field Level Media