Taylor Fritz defeats Juncheng Shang 7-6(5) 7-6(5) in the quarter in Eastbourne on Thursday. Fritz will clash against Aleksandar Vukic in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. Fritz won this tournament twice in 2019 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money € 16,240 after conquering this match. He has already won € 38,610 up to now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Fritz will add € 27,050 to his earnings to get in total € 65,660.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Juncheng Shang Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Fritz scored 86 points vs. Juncheng’s 76.
Fritz
The American served exceptionally well to win 93% of the points (50/54) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (11/20) on his second serve. The American fired 20 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Fritz wasn’t able to conquer any break point to win the match only at the tiebreaks.
Shang
On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fritz and Shang is 1-0 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Aleksandar Vukic – stats
Fritz will fight against Vukic in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Fritz and Aleksandar Vukic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
Live score progression and stats
Taylor won the set after he broke Juncheng .
The American was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 14th game (7-5 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Juncheng was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 89 points. The contest during this set was so even that Fritz won just 1 point more than Shang (45-44). Fritz dropped 5 points on serve (26-5). on the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 19 points on serve (39-19).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Taylor won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
The only difference was a minibreak conquered by Taylor 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
The American was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). The American saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Moreover, on the other side, Shang was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 73 points. Fritz was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Juncheng (40-33). Taylor dropped 6 points on serve (32-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Shang conceded 8 points on serve (27-8).
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 3-6 7-65)
- Billy HarrisHarris – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-73 7-64 6-2)
- Max PurcellPurcell – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 7-64)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Juncheng ShangShang (7-65 7-65)
Upcoming matches
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