Christian Garin defeats Fritz in the quarter of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship. HIGHLIGHTS – HOUSTON RESULTS

US MEN'S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP - HOUSTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Garin aces Fritz to compete against John Isner in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Cristian Garin vs. Taylor Harry Fritz

Cristian Garin topples Taylor Harry Fritz 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 in the quarter in Houston on Friday. Garin will seek to keep on going in this event against John Isner in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes. The Chilean won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Garin's Record

Garin added to his prize money $ 13,050 after winning this match. He has won already $ 31,035 as of now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Christian will add $ 21,755 to his earnings to get in total $ 52,790.

Highlights Cristian Garin vs. Taylor Harry Fritz US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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At the end of the match, Christian scored 119 points vs. the American’s 104.

Garin

Christian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 35% (6/17) of the procured opportunities.

Fritz

On the other side, the American was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 21% – 3/14). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Garin and Fritz is 1-0 for Christian.

Draw and next match H2H: Cristian Garin vs. John Isner – stats

Garin will fight against Isner in the semifinal.

This will be the 4th time that Cristian Garin and John Isner face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Garin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

Cristian Garin Draw info

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Christian in this set was in much better shape than the American and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Garin converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Taylor was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 50 points. Garin was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Taylor (30-20). Garin dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, Taylor conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

Taylor won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game, Fritz broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-5.

Tiebreak

Taylor won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Christian won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 9th (4-5) point.

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

The American was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (2-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Garin was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40).

They played 103 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 points more than Christian (53-50). Taylor lost 24 points on serve (29-24). On the other side, Garin conceded 24 points on serve (26-24).

Garin had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Taylor Harry Fritz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Garin to win the set because the American managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.

A defining moment of this set was when Christian won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

The Chilean converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (5-0 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Fritz converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (1-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 70 points. Garin won 8 points more than the American (39-31). The Chilean conceded 19 points on serve (25-19). In addition, on the other side, Fritz conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).

 

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