21:56
Tiafoe – Struff 2: 4
This pressure apparently leaves the veteran because it turns the service game, but awards the first game ball. The American attracts the 35-year-old to the net and then makes him look old with the backhand. A little later, Struff brings the 4-2 over the stage because he serves his second ass and benefits from a return error.
21:55
Tiafoe – Struff 2: 3
After the change of sides, the game does not change: Struff is again as a struggle with 0:30 behind that Tiafoe could have even set up 0:40. Instead, he makes two slight mistakes with the forehand. 30 Both!
21:52
Tiafoe – Struff 2: 3
For the third time in series, the impeller loses its service game! Tiafoe cannot build pressure on the second attempt, struff is there and forces the American to do so on the back.
21:51
Tiafoe – Struff 2: 2
Tiafoe fends off breakball! The American serves quickly through the middle, gets the German return error. But Struff reads the next serve well, catches his opponent with the cross -return on the wrong foot – there is the next break!
21:50
Tiafoe – Struff 2: 2
The 27-year-old from the United States pulls his head out of the noose and equalizes 0:30 with his own serve. The otherwise so-prone forehand with the American does not cause any problems today: he gets the game ball by forehand winner. But Struff stays tuned, forces his opponent to debt and get the next break chance shortly afterwards!
21:47
Tiafoe – Struff 2: 2
A great struggle from Struff! Big Foe is too hesitant at the butterfly ball, also plays the next two volleys easily and then gets the receipt because the German briefly crosses him with the backhand.
21:46
Tiafoe – Struff 2: 2
Re-Break successful! At the Warsteiner, the serve is currently breaking away and Tiafoe is going well into the rallies. Just like the American a few minutes ago, Struff gives his service game through a frame goal.
21:45
Tiafoe – Struff 1: 2
The 35-year-old goes into the forehand cross-duel and hits the point, after which the American becomes too short with his return and Struff is moving up. He is both of Volley to 30, but shortly afterwards there is breakball! Tiafoe attacks Longline with the forehand and now Struffi has to worry about the break.
21:43
Tiafoe – Struff 1: 2
Can Struffi confirm the break? Tactically, both players show a good level and the rallies are characterized by forced mistakes right from the start. The German device is under pressure at 0:30 because Tiafoe beats a winner by return.
21:41
Tiafoe – Struff 1: 2
Because Tiafoe has to switch to the second service at 30 and Struff lands a return winner, there is an early break ball from the German perspective. And it sits! After a short rallies, the American undertakes an annoying frame goal on the forehand and the 35-year-old Warsteiner leads.
21:39
Tiafoe – Struff 1: 1
Long rallies have not yet come about in the initial phase. Both players choose the correct length from the baseline in the first few minutes. Struff is the first player to go online and play his second volley against the American’s direction – 30:15!
21:37
Tiafoe – Struff 1: 1
The 35-year-old also comes into play well with his own serve, brings many first attempts on the net. The German serves to 15 by ASA. Very confident of German!
21:35
Tiafoe – Struff 1-0
In an interview, Struff’s coach had revealed before the match that his protégé would attack the forehand number 17. But more than two points in the first return game is not enough for the German – Tiafoe had served too well.
21:33
Tiafoe opened!
The American’s first surcharge ends up online and it opens through the second attempt. Struff comes well into the rally, lets his opponent run and provokes the first failure.
21:10
VonDrousova makes short processes
The grandstand is freed in earlier than originally intended: Wimbledon winner VonDrousova prevails with 7: 6, 6: 1 against Paolini and nothing stands in the way of starting the men’s match. It will probably start in 20-30 minutes!
21:06
Exciting duels in the past
Struff and Tiafoe have played three times so far and the US boy leads the head-to-head 2-1. At the last meeting of the two, the American screwed up his first title on the ATP tour to the German: in 2023 at the final of Stuttgart, Tiafoe prevailed in a gripping match, two out of three sets had to be decided on the tie-break. A year later, the Warsteiner got his first triumph because he shone in Munich in 2024. Also in 2020 in the first round of the French Open, the two protagonists stimulated the full length and Struff prevailed in five sets. The only match on Hartplatz (2019) won Tiafoe in Antwerp. Do the two make it exciting again today?
21:00
Tiafoe enjoys the home advantage
The American Frances Tiafoe is currently number 17 in the world, but was already number ten in the summer of 2023. At the Grand Slam in his home country, the 27-year-old plays almost historically strong: “Big Foe” is in the main field for the eleventh time, is a twin-time semi-finalist (2022 & 2024) and at least reached the quarter-finals in 2023. This means that the US Open are by far the best Grand Slam of the American, who was recommended for the third round with victories over Nishioka and qualified Damm this year. The 27-year-old gave a sentence, otherwise played a very handsome tennis and is generally also known as an entertainer on the court.
20:50
Struff throws top 20 players from the tournament
The 35-year-old Jan-Lennard Struff had to master the qualification for a Grand Slam for the first time this year due to his ranking, but fell justice there and moved into the main field. After that it only got better for the German: In the first round, he defeated McDonald in four sets after the set deficit and against the clear favorite Holger Rune from Denmark with a win over the full distance. This means that the veteran is the oldest German who ever defeated a top 20 player in a Grand Slam. In addition, “Struffi” is back in the third round of the US Open for the first time since 2020.
20:32
Good evening and welcome!
Welcome to day six at the US Open in New York! Jan-Lennard Struff has played through the qualification into the third round and now meets Frances Tiefoe. The match should start on the Grandstand at 9 p.m., but there is currently a match for women in the first set. The two will probably not start before 10 p.m.