Alexander Shevchenko stuns Taylor Fritz 6-7(7) 7-6(6) 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Basel on Thursday. Shevchenko is going to play against Felix Auger-Aliassime or Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 53 minutes.
The Russian added to his prize money € 30,780 after winning this match. He has already won € 66,025 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add € 63,200 to his earnings to get in total € 129,225 in total.
Highlights Alexander Shevchenko vs. Taylor Fritz Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Shevchenko won this match even if he scored less points than Fritz (129 vs. 139).
Shevchenko
The Russian served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (77/100) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (25/50) on his second serve. Alexander wasn’t able to conquer any break point to win the match only at the tiebreaks.
Fritz
On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/15). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Shevchenko and Fritz is 1-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Shevchenko vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime or Botic Van De Zandschulp – stats
Shevchenko will play either Felix Auger-Aliassime or Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 3rd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime and 1-0 vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after he broke Shevchenko .
The American was spot on in converting all his break points in the 14th game (7-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Fritz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 91 points. The contest during this set was so even that the American won barely 1 point more than the Russian (46-45). The American dropped 7 points on serve (24-7). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 22 points on serve (38-22).
The Russian won the set after he broke Taylor .
Shevchenko wasted a good opportunity to break the American in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Shevchenko was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 99 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alexander won this set even if he scored less points 11 than the American (44-55). Alexander dropped 16 points on serve (28-16). On the other side, Fritz conceded 16 points on serve (39-16).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, the Russian won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
The only difference was a minibreak conquered by the Russian in the 12th point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Shevchenko saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 7 break points. He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 78 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Shevchenko won just 2 more points than Fritz (40-38). Alexander conceded 13 points on serve (35-13). On the other side, the American conceded 5 points on serve (25-5).
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