Taylor Harry Fritz survives Illya Marchenko 6-1 6-7(9) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Los Cabos on Wednesday after winning a huge battle. Fritz will play against Steve Johnson in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Illya Marchenko Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel – Los Cabos
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Fritz scored 115 points vs. Marchenko’s 93.
Fritz
Taylor Harry served very well to win 84% of the points (43/51) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (25/41) on his second serve. Taylor Harry blasted 15 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Fritz won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.
Marchenko
On the other side, Marchenko was struggling to find the solution 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 Marchenko is 2-0 for Taylor Harry.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Steve Johnson – stats
Fritz will face Johnson in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Taylor Harry Fritz and Steve Johnson square off. The head to head is 2-2
for Fritz and Johnson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.The last time that they played each other, Fritz won 6-4 7-64 4-6 6-74 6-4 in the 2nd round in Wimbledon back in July 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Fritz enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Illya Marchenko in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Fritz managed to boost his lead after breaking Marchenko in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
There was an important spell in this set when Fritz won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Taylor Harry converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Illya was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 41 points. Fritz was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Marchenko (27-14). The American surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, Marchenko conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Marchenko won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.
Tiebreak
Marchenko won 7 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (3-3), 10th (5-5), 14th (7-7), 18th (9-9), 19th (10-9) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, the American won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (5-3), 12th (6-6), 16th (8-8) and 17th (9-8) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Marchenko saved 5 set points when he was 3-5, 4-5, 5-6, 7-8 and 8-9 down. On the other side, Taylor Harry was unerring in converting all his break points in the 0th (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).
They played 91 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Ukrainian won this set even if he scored less points 3 than the American (44-47). Marchenko surrendered 17 points on serve (37-17). On the losing side, Taylor Harry conceded 7 points on serve (30-7).
Fritz won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game, Taylor Harry broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Fritz converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 15-40), the 10th (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Ukrainian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 76 points. Fritz won 6 more points than the Ukrainian (41-35). Taylor Harry dropped 12 points on serve (21-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Marchenko conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).
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