Taylor Fritz survives Alexander Zverev 6-3 3-6 7-6(3) in the semifinal at the Nitto ATP Finals on Saturday after winning a huge battle. Fritz will square off with Jannik Sinner or Casper Ruud in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Alexander Zverev Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:21
Taylor won this match even if he won the same amount of points of the German (97 vs. 97).
Fritz
Fritz served very well to win 85% of the points (63/74) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 33% points (10/30) on his second serve. The American fired 15 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Fritz won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 17% (1/6) of the procured opportunities.
Zverev
On the other side, the German had some problems converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Zverev is 7-5 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Jannik Sinner or Casper Ruud – stats
Fritz will play either Jannik Sinner or Casper Ruud in the final. The head to head is 1-3 vs. Jannik Sinner and 1-2 vs. Casper Ruud.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the American clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Fritz converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 points more than Alexander (27-24). The American surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the net, the German conceded 7 points on serve (19-7).
Similarly to the 1st 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 Alexander snatched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Zverev was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 53 points. It’s worth to point out that, Zverev won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the American (26-27). The German lost 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 8 points on serve (19-8).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, the American won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Taylor won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 10th (7-3) point.
The American won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Fritz was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Alexander was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 90 points. It’s worth to point out that, Fritz won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Zverev (43-47). The American lost 18 points on serve (35-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Zverev conceded 8 points on serve (29-8).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Taylor FritzFritz – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 3-6 7-63)
Upcoming matches
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Casper RuudRuud (2-0) – H2H details and stats
