Taylor Fritz dispatches Matteo Arnaldi 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Shanghai on Saturday. Fritz will square off with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 3rd round. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Fritz added to his prize money $ 25,755 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 61,865 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fritz will add $ 43,855 to his earnings to get in total $ 105,720 in total.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Matteo Arnaldi Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:00
At the end of the match, Fritz scored 80 points vs. Arnaldi’s 67.
Fritz
The American served very well to win 80% of the points (35/44) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 43% points (12/28) on his second serve. Fritz won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Arnaldi
On the other side, Matteo was struggling when converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Arnaldi is 2-1 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Fritz will take on Tsitsipas in the 3rd round.
This will be the 7th time that Taylor Fritz and Stefanos Tsitsipas face off. The head to head is 4-2 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in Australia back in January 2026.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Fritz snatched in the 11th game (6-5) prior to ultimately conquering the set (7-5).
Fritz converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 76 points. Fritz conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Arnaldi (41-35). Fritz lost 10 points on serve (25-10). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 16 points on serve (25-16).
Taylor won the set after he broke Arnaldi in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Matteo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, Fritz kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
They contested 52 points. The American conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Matteo (28-24). The American conceded 9 points on serve (17-9). In addition, on the other side, Matteo conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 6-4 6-3)
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (4-6 7-62 6-4)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-5 6-4)
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-4 7-65)
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (4-6 7-61 7-5)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-3 6-3)
- Rafael JodarJodar – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (4-6 6-2 6-3)
- Casper RuudRuud – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-1 7-62)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-2 6-2)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-0 6-3)
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 6-4)
- Arthur FilsFils – Pavel KotovKotov (6-3 6-4)
- Learner TienTien – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (7-5 7-5)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-3 6-4)
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 3-6 7-5)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 3-6 6-3)
- Arthur GeaGea – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 3-6 6-1)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Arthur FeryFery (7-66 6-75 7-62)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Yibing WuWu (6-4 7-64)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alex MolcanMolcan (w/o)
- Yi ZhouZhou – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-67 3-6 7-61)
- Quentin HalysHalys – Alexander BlockxBlockx (4-6 7-69 6-4)
- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 6-4)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-3)
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 4-6 6-3)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-4 6-4)
- Alexander BublikBublik – Tomas MachacMachac (6-4 7-64)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-1 6-3)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-65 6-3)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-4 6-3)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-64 7-5)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 7-66)
Upcoming matches
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- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-3) – H2H details and stats
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- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (4-2) – H2H details and stats
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