Taylor Fritz dispatches Kukushkin in the 2nd round – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Fritz dispatches Kukushkin to play Tommy Paul in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

Taylor Harry Fritz defeats Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 5-7 6-3 in the 2nd round in Miami on Saturday. Fritz will try to keep the momentum against Tommy Paul in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the 4th round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Fritz's Record

The American added to his prize money $ 24,270 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 54,400 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fritz will add $ 40,175 to his earnings to get in total $ 94,575 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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Taylor Harry Fritz
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At the end of the match, the American scored 93 points vs. Mikhail’s 74.

Fritz

Fritz served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (41/48) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (16/27) on his second serve. Taylor blasted 10 aces without committing any double fault. Fritz won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

Kukushkin

On the other side, The Kazakhstani was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Fritz and Kukushkin is 3-0 for Taylor.

Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Tommy Paul – stats

Fritz will come up against Paul in the 3rd round.

This will be the 6th time that Taylor Harry Fritz and Tommy Paul face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Paul (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Paul won 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Spain F13 back in 1970.

Taylor Harry Fritz Draw info

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Fritz had a great start in this set after breaking Mikhail Kukushkin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Fritz to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.

The American converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 50 points. Taylor was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than the Kazakhstani (31-19). Fritz lost 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the court, Kukushkin conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Kazakhstani conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

The Kazakhstani wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Fritz wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (4-4 30-40).

They played 66 points. Mikhail conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Taylor (36-30). Kukushkin conceded 9 points on serve (25-9). On the losing side, Fritz conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).

Taylor won the set after he broke Mikhail in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The American converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 51 points. Fritz won 13 more points than the Kazakhstani (32-19). The American was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). In addition, on the other side, the Kazakhstani conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).

 

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