Taylor Harry Fritz hustles Andrey Rublev 7-5 6-4 in the semifinal in Indian Wells on Saturday. Fritz will face Rafael Nadal in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Taylor added to his prize money $ 321,345 after winning this match. He has won already $ 665,330 after this win. If he wins the next match, Taylor will add $ 576,695 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,242,025 in total.
Highlights Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Andrey Rublev BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Fritz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Fritz scored 87 points vs. the Russian’s 78.
Fritz
Fritz served pretty well to win 76% of the points (29/38) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (16/26) on his second serve. Taylor won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Rublev
On the other side, Andrey had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Rublev is 3-2 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Rafael Nadal – stats
Fritz will compete against Nadal in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Harry Fritz and Rafael Nadal clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Fritz started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Andrey Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for Fritz to win the set because Andrey found the way to break back in the 9th (4-5) game. Taylor maintained his cool to break Andrey in the 12th (7-5) game.
They contested 100 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Russian (54-46). The American dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the court, Andrey conceded 32 points on serve (37-32).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Fritz conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
The American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A).
They played 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Taylor won just 3 more points than Rublev (34-31). The American lost 10 points on serve (23-10). on the other side of the net, Rublev conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-0) – H2H details and stats