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Tiafoe (11) 5-7, 3-6, 0-1* Michelsen

Some statistics to underline just how much Frances Tiafoe is struggling in this quarterfinal.

By the end of the second set, he had landed around 40 percent of his first serves, winning just over half of his first-serve points.

Alex Michelsen has been far superior in that department, making 60 percent of his first serves and winning 75 percent of first-serve points.

It’s been so hard for Tiafoe to build any kind of platform behind that kind of serving, and he has consistently found himself having to come from behind just to hold serve.

And right on cue, Michelsen breaks Tiafoe for the sixth time in this match to lead in the third set.