Taylor Harry Fritz survives Denis Shapovalov 5-7 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Doha on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Fritz will face Nikoloz Basilashvili in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes.
Fritz added to his prize money $ 11,895 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 36,940 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 14,400 to his earnings to get in total $ 51,340.
Fritz was elated about the outcome. The American was surprised that that he wasn’t able to win a single point on Shapovalov’s serve in the first set. He commented:
“I don’t think I have ever gone a set without winning a point on someone’s serve,” said Fritz. “That was kind of crazy. He was just playing really, really well in the first set. I think I just had to play myself into the match.”
Highlights Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Denis Shapovalov Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 93 points vs. Shapovalov’s 91.
Fritz
Fritz served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (57/72) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 47% points (14/30) on his second serve. Fritz blasted 11 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The American was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4).
Shapovalov
On the other side, Shapovalov was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Fritz and Shapovalov is 1-3 for Denis.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili – stats
Fritz will come up against Basilashvili in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Harry Fritz and Nikoloz Basilashvili square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Denis conquered in the 11th game (6-5) prior to ultimately winning the set (7-5).
They contested 57 points. Denis conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Fritz (35-22). The Canadian was perfect on serve to concede not even a single point during his serving games (24-0). on the other side of the net, Fritz conceded 11 points on serve (22-11).
Fritz had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Basilashvili in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Fritz to win the set because the Canadian managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game.
They contested 47 points. Taylor Harry won 5 more points than Denis (26-21). Fritz lost 7 points on serve (21-7). In addition, on the other side, Shapovalov conceded 5 points on serve (14-5).
Fritz was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Basilashvili in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for the American to win the set as the Canadian succeeded in breaking back in the 10th (5-5) game. The American kept his cool to break Shapovalov in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
They contested 80 points. The American conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Shapovalov (47-33). Taylor Harry lost 13 points on serve (28-13). on the other side of the court, Denis conceded 19 points on serve (20-19).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Roger FedererFederer (3-6 6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-63 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (5-7 6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andrey RublevRublev (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-0) – H2H details and stats
