Taylor Fritz aces Alex De Minaur 5-7 6-4 6-3 in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Thursday. His best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Alex De Minaur Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the American scored 91 points vs. Alex’s 81.
Fritz
Fritz served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (52/62) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 46% points (16/35) on his second serve. Fritz was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
De Minaur
On the other side, Alex was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and De Minaur is 4-6 for Alex.
Live score progression and stats
The Australian won the set after he broke Fritz in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Fritz tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, De Minaur didn’t blink to conquer the set 7-5.
The American was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
De Minaur was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 30-40), the 11th (5-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 13th game (7-4 30-40). On the other side, Fritz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (3-4 15-40).
They played 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Australian won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Fritz (36-39). Alex conceded 11 points on serve (21-11). on the other side of the net, Fritz conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American snatched in the 10th game (6-4) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Fritz failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
The American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (3-3 40-A).
They played 55 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the American won only 1 point more than the Australian (28-27). Fritz conceded 9 points on serve (23-9). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 5 points on serve (18-5).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Taylor snatched in the 4th game (3-1) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Taylor converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 42 points. Taylor was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than De Minaur (24-18). Taylor dropped 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Taylor FritzFritz – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (5-7 6-4 6-3)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Casper RuudRuud (7-63 6-3)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Andrey RublevRublev (6-3 7-68)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 6-4)
- Casper RuudRuud – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-1 7-5)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (7-5) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Andrey RublevRublev (2-5) – H2H details and stats
