{"id":57352,"date":"2023-06-18T16:30:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T20:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=57352"},"modified":"2023-06-18T16:30:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T20:30:17","slug":"frances-tiafoe-stuttgart-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/06\/18\/frances-tiafoe-stuttgart-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances Tiafoe Edges Jan-Lennard Struff in a Thriller to Win Stuttgart Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Third seed <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/09\/08\/frances-tiafoe-grand-slam-semifinalist\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Frances Tiafoe of the United States<\/a> got the better of Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6 7-6 7-6 in a pulsating match to win the BOSS Open title in Stuttgart on Sunday. It was the 25-year-old American&#8217;s third career singles title.<\/p>\n<p>Struff, the 33-year-old home-favorite, did his bit, though, to make the match a memorable one. It was a pity that one of them had to lose on the day, when neither of them probably deserved to.<\/p>\n<h2>Frances Tiafoe Edges Jan-Lennard Struff in Thriller to Win Stuttgart<\/h2>\n<h4>Tiafoe had to withstand the onslaught of Struff&#8217;s serve-and-volley:<\/h4>\n<p>Struff served big in the match as per the expectations. The German made it a point to serve-and-volley extensively, especially from the deuce court, and put pressure on the American with his backhand volleys.<\/p>\n<p>However, Tiafoe did not try to emulate the German for the most part and stuck to his low-risk approach from the baseline. As a result, despite firing 28 aces in the match and breaching the 200 kmph mark repeatedly with his serve, the German could win only 79% of the points on his first serve, as compared to Tiafoe&#8217;s 83%.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"S3neS2hCRSdDPRhegWsVyw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1499497864\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'S3neS2hCRSdDPRhegWsVyw',sig:'OPRUkVgjoEQFfMtC5zJx9qDkGv8heqDPaIFOZgz6Vjo=',w:'594px',h:'376px',items:'1499497864',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Tiafoe won a cliffhanger with a couple of tiebreak wins:<\/h4>\n<p>After Struff had managed to win the first set by breaking the American once, Tiafoe bounced back in the second set by having a set point in the 10th game on Struff&#8217;s serve. However, the German managed to save it and take the set into a tie-break that the American won at a canter.<\/p>\n<p>Struff continued his net-rushing in the third set as well, but Tiafoe was the more accurate of the two in terms of shotmaking. Still, the German&#8217;s inside-out forehand won him quite a few points.<\/p>\n<p>The tie-break in the third set was a well-contested one, with Tiafoe having a match point at 6-5. However, Struff saved it and the topsy-turvy battle continued until the American finally won it 10-8 to seal the match.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Third seed Frances Tiafoe of the United States got the better of Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6 7-6 7-6 in a pulsating match to win the BOSS Open title in Stuttgart on Sunday. It was the 25-year-old American&#8217;s third career singles title. Struff, the 33-year-old home-favorite, did his bit, though, to make the match a memorable one. 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