Basilashvili bests Fritz in the semifinal of the BNP Paribas Open. HIGHLIGHTS – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

    BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Basilashvili gets by Fritz to face Cameron Norrie in the final

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    Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Taylor Harry Fritz

    Nikoloz Basilashvili prevails over Taylor Harry Fritz 7-6(5) 6-3 in the semifinal in Indian Wells on Saturday. Basilashvili will fight against Cameron Norrie in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

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    Basilashvili's Record

    Basilashvili added to his prize money $ 305,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 640,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Basilashvili will add $ 569,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,209,730 in total.

    Highlights Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Taylor Harry Fritz BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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    At the end of the match, Basilashvili scored 79 points vs. Fritz’s 74.

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    Nikoloz was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he conquered.

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    On the other side, Fritz wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

    After this encounter, the head to head between Basilashvili and Fritz is 2-2.

    Draw and next match H2H: Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Cameron Norrie – stats

    Basilashvili will come up against Norrie in the final.

    This will be the 2nd time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Cameron Norrie clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Norrie (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

    The last time that they squared off, Norrie won 6-0 6-3 in the 1st round in Rotterdam back in March 2021.

    Nikoloz Basilashvili Draw info

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    The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Basilashvili won the tiebreak at 7-5.

    Tiebreak

    Nikoloz won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 9th (5-4), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Fritz won a minibreak in the 6th (3-3) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

    They played 89 points. Basilashvili won 5 points more than Fritz (47-42). Basilashvili conceded 13 points on serve (33-13). On the other side, Fritz conceded 14 points on serve (29-14).

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    The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Basilashvili snatched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).

    Nikoloz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A and 40-A).

    They contested 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Nikoloz won just 2 more points than Taylor Harry (31-29). Basilashvili dropped 15 points on serve (26-15). In addition, on the other side, Fritz conceded 5 points on serve (14-5).

     

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