Taylor Fritz conquers Alexander Zverev 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 in the semifinal in Halle on Saturday. Fritz will face off with Frances Tiafoe in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 39 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2016 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Fritz added to his prize money € 121,410 after winning this match. He has already won € 259,940 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 223,205 to his earnings to get in total € 483,145 in total.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Alexander Zverev Terra Wortmann Open – Halle
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:39
At the end of the match, Fritz scored 103 points vs. Alexander’s 90.
Fritz
Fritz served pretty well to win 85% of the points (57/67) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (17/31) on his second serve. The American struck 19 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The American was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Zverev
On the other side, Zverev didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Zverev is 10-5 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Fritz will compete against Tiafoe in the final.
This will be the 9th time that Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe play each other. The head to head is 7-1 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Fritz won 7-66 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
The German won the set after he broke Fritz in the 3rd (2-1) game. Fritz tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, Alexander refused to give way to win the set 7-6.
They played 94 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alexander won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Taylor (45-49). Zverev lost 17 points on serve (32-17). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (32-13).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
The German was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Fritz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Alexander (31-20). Fritz was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). On the other side, Alexander conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Similarly to the 2nd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American clinched in the 11th game (6-5) before eventually winning the set (7-5).
Fritz converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Fritz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 54 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the German (29-25). The American conceded 7 points on serve (24-7). on the other side of the court, Alexander conceded 5 points on serve (18-5).
Tennis Scores in Halle
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-1 6-3)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-74 6-4 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (7-1) – H2H details and stats
