Fritz defeats De Minaur in the semifinal of the Viking International. HIGHLIGHTS – EASTBOURNE RESULTS

    VIKING INTERNATIONAL - EASTBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Fritz wins against De Minaur to take on Maxime Cressy in the final

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Alex De Minaur

    Taylor Harry Fritz victorious over Alex De Minaur 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3 in the semifinal in Eastbourne on Friday. Fritz will face Maxime Cressy in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes. The American won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

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    Fritz's Record

    The American added to his prize money € 25,505 after winning this match. He has won already € 61,875 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 44,200 to his earnings to get in total € 106,075 in total.

    Highlights Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Alex De Minaur Viking International – Eastbourne

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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    At the end of the match, Fritz scored 101 points vs. Alex’s 84.

    Fritz

    Fritz served extremely well to win 75% of the points (49/65) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (20/34) on his second serve. Taylor fired 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Fritz was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).

    De Minaur

    On the other side, Alex wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

    After this match, the head to head between Fritz and De Minaur is 3-4 for Alex.

    Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Maxime Cressy – stats

    Fritz will fight against Cressy in the final.

    There is no head to head record between Taylor Harry Fritz and Maxime Cressy since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

    Taylor Harry Fritz Draw info

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    Fritz had a strong start of this set after breaking Alex De Minaur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The American improved his lead after breaking the Australian in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

    One of the most important stints of the set was when Taylor won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

    The American was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A). On the other side, Alex was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (0-4 30-40).

    They contested 44 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Alex (28-16). The American conceded 7 points on serve (19-7). On the losing side, De Minaur conceded 9 points on serve (9-9).

    Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, De Minaur won the breaker at 7-5.

    Tiebreak

    The Australian won 6 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Fritz won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1) and 8th (5-3) point.

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

    Alex was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). De Minaur saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. Furthermore, on the other side, the American was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st game (0-0 40-A and 40-A).

    They played 92 points. This set was so close that, The Australian won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Alex lost 16 points on serve (29-16). On the losing side, Taylor conceded 17 points on serve (30-17).

    Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Fritz snatched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).

    Fritz converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 48 points. Fritz was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Australian (27-21). Fritz dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, Alex conceded 7 points on serve (15-7).

     

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