Frances Tiafoe vs. Yoshihito Nishioka Extended Highlights | 2025 US Open Round 1

Frances Tiafoe vs. Yoshihito Nishioka Extended Highlights | 2025 US Open Round 1

Well, right away you can see Thafo Goodall might think that this is an easy win for Thiapo, but Francis is going to feel the pressure because Oh, that is a beautiful breakpoint conversion. It’s good aggression. Takes his chance. Hardcourts Delray Washington and Zooh High 2023. I think that’s the way Thapo is going to have to play. He’s going to have to not allow to breathe. Well, I get the feeling TFO is already half a step quicker since that incident. Yeah, he’s played three of his best points. Oh, very nice. Lovely exchange. Yeah, man. Nice time. Still a bit of extra time off the net court. Pick his spot. Obviously [Applause] missed that when it came off the strings, but it must have just caught a piece of the line. Yeah. keep losing first serves, right? That’s right. Yeah. It’s never more than keep attacking. And you can actually, we don’t see it very often, do we? But you can be called up for a time violation on return as well if you’re [Music] [Applause] That is one of the best corners he said to wrap up the opening set. 45 minutes of action. The opener goes the way of Francis Thafo. Six games to three. One thing both these guys have is a very deep skill set. They’ve got great feel. They can defend well. They can attack well. It’s always nice to see players being able to finish off at the net. When it hit his racket, it actually his bracket went backwards taking off the pace. [Music] And the break of serve. Game is open. Immediate response from the American furious down the far end. Believe he’s relinquished that lead, that advantage so quickly. 3-2. Anyone under 57 better compete really well. Yeah, it’s a better point back behind the American to get him off balance. [Applause] Oh, yes. Points of the match. Thiago comes to life. Maybe his box should yell down to him. Don’t feel so bad. One thing I will say when you’re playing That was a much needed second serve point.1 by the American in this set. It’s been one of the problem areas. Just three of 12 is one in this second. 11 of 13 he’s won. [Music] [Music] game. Chapo not twice the height over the net but not far away from it. Nicely done. That was uh Beautiful combination from Thafo that time when he needed. This is a safer serve and as Robbie said, he took the pace off just probably shouldn’t have hit that serve. The toss was way out to the right. Oh, lovely finish. Took control of the point superbly. And it’s this time playing a slightly more aggressive tennis and it paid off. Now a little more trouble because you can’t be as accurate with a second serve. The racket’s gone again. That’s just wide. Seal the sets and that could be a big breaker to win. Nishio destroys his racket on the way back to the chair. It’s all happening by two sets. The American up two sets to love. [Music] Code violation. Racket abuse warning. Nishiotaa just became too much to handle any points. That was kind of awesome. You don’t often see the sliding angle slice overhead. Different sound that one Robbie person tries to. Nothing wrong with that forehand. Maybe the best we’ve seen from him. Beautiful down the line back hand from Nishioa [Music] [Applause] Francis interrupted you there Rob with a a piece of brilliance and rightly so just to show us that he’s actually okay. It was almost like when you when you shock yourself. [Music] There it is. Akin chances to see that for Thafo. That will do it for the two-time semi-finalist into round two. It was a big second set to come through and he wraps up a straight set victory over Nishio. 6376 63 today. I think it’s what the doctor ordered for Francis Thapo. He definitely did not need this one to become more physical than it was. It was already 2 and 1/2 hours because set two was was difficult and nasty as Nishoka sprints off the court faster than he moved for any of those serves at the end of the match.

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