Taylor Harry Fritz gets the better of John Isner 2-6 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in Acapulco on Friday. Fritz will seek to keep on going in this event against Rafael Nadal in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Isner was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Fritz in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Isner managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Fritz in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).
An important stage of this contest was when John won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
2nd set.
Fritz won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Taylor broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.
3rd set.
Fritz started the set strong after breaking Isner in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Taylor to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Taylor scored 85 points vs. Isner’s 79 points.
Taylor served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (41/51) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 44% points (14/32) on his second serve. Taylor fired 15 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Taylor was well focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5). On the other side, Isner wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fritz and Isner is 2-2.
Fritz’s Interview
Next Match H2H: Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Rafael Nadal – stats
Fritz will face Nadal in the final.
There is no head to head record between Taylor Harry Fritz and Rafael Nadal since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Acapulco
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – John IsnerIsner (2-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (12-1) – See H2H details
