Taylor Harry Fritz defeats Kyle Edmund 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Acapulco on Thursday. Harry Fritz will try to go further in the tournament when he will face John Isner in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Harry Fritz had a racing start in this set after breaking Edmund in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Taylor to win the set as the Brit found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game. Taylor maintained his cool to break Edmund in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
2nd set.
The American won the set after he broke Edmund in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Edmund tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, the American stayed solid before winning the set 6-3.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Taylor scored 72 points vs. the Brit’s 63 points.
The American blasted 11 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Harry Fritz won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points because he converted only 42% (5/12). On the other side, Kyle was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Harry Fritz and Edmund is 2-0 for Taylor.
Harry Fritz’s Interview
Next Match H2H: Taylor Harry Fritz vs. John Isner – stats
Harry Fritz will compete against Isner in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Taylor Harry Fritz and John Isner square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Isner (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Isner won 6-4 7-63 6-3 in the 1st round in London back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in Acapulco
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Tommy PaulPaul (7-63 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-0) – See H2H details
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – John IsnerIsner (1-2) – See H2H details