{"id":1679021,"date":"2022-10-08T04:53:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T08:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1679021"},"modified":"2022-10-08T04:53:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T08:53:55","slug":"tennis-tiafoe-survives-blip-to-down-kwon-and-reach-tokyo-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennis-tiafoe-survives-blip-to-down-kwon-and-reach-tokyo-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis-Tiafoe survives blip to down Kwon and reach Tokyo final"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennis-tiafoe-survives-blip-to-down-kwon-and-reach-tokyo-final%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1679021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>(Reuters) \u2013     Admitting it wasn\u2019t \u201cpretty\u201d, Frances Tiafoe added a little more sparkle to a glittering season by reaching the Japan Open final with a 6-2 0-6 6-4 victory over South Korea\u2019s Kwon Soon-woo in Tokyo on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The American, who reached his first Grand Slam semi-final at the U.S. Open in September, flexed the same muscles that have carried him into the top 20 in the world to reach his second title-decider of the season despite a poor second set.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was a weird match, but happy to get through,\u201d said the 24-year-old. \u201cIn these kind of matches \u2026 it\u2019s not always gonna be pretty, it\u2019s not always gonna be your best stuff, but a win is what matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kwon looked nervous at times in the opener and struggled to handle Tiafoe\u2019s deft mix of accuracy, touch and power as the American rattled off five games in a row before sealing the set 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>In the second set, it was Tiafoe\u2019s turn to stumble and Kwon seized on his second serve with a series of blistering returns, handing his opponent a bagel to level up the contest and send it into a decider. <\/p>\n<p>Tiafoe upped the ante in the third set, winning the two break points he needed to serve for the match at 5-2, only to stumble once more.<\/p>\n<p>The American sealed the win at the second time of asking, setting up a date with compatriot Taylor Fritz or Canada\u2019s Denis Shapovalov with a cross-court forehand winner.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Stanley Widianto in Jakarta; 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