Great Fritz claims the title. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

On Sunday, Taylor Harry Fritz tops Rafael Nadal 6-3 7-6(5) in the final in Indian Wells. The battle lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes. This is the first time that Fritz conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this event so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when his history at this event.

Indian Wells

Fritz's Record

The American added $ 576,695 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 1,242,025 in total after winning this tournament.

Highlights Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Rafael Nadal BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Fritz’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Fritz

Nadal

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At the end of the match, Fritz scored 82 points vs. Nadal’s 72.

Fritz

The American won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Nadal

On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Fritz and Nadal is 1-1.

This was the 2^nd career title for Fritz. (see list of titles and finals). Nadal remains with 91^st titles. (see list of titles and finals)

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Fritz conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Rafael Nadal in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Fritz to win the set because the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 8^th (3-5) game. The American maintained his cool to break the Spaniard in the 9^th (6-3) game.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Taylor won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Fritz converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 0^th (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3^rd (2-0 30-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8^th game (2-5 15-40).

They played 53 points. Fritz was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Nadal (30-23). Taylor lost 7 points on serve (14-7). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).

The American conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Fritz broke back in the 4^th (2-2) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-5.

Tiebreak

Fritz won 4 minibreaks in the 2^nd (2-0), 10^th (5-5), 11^th (6-5) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, Rafael won 2 minibreaks in the 5^th (2-3) and 9^th (5-4) point.

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

Fritz converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4^th (1-2 15-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40). The American saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Also, on the other side, Rafael converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had his opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (2-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9^th (4-4 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 101 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Taylor won just 3 points more than Rafael (52-49). Fritz surrendered 22 points on serve (32-22). Regarding the other side of the net, Nadal conceded 20 points on serve (27-20).