Taylor Fritz gets the better of Popyrin in the 2nd round of the Citi Open. HIGHLIGHTS – WASHINGTON RESULTS

    CITI OPEN - WASHINGTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Fritz gets the better of Popyrin to play Daniel Evans in the 3rd round

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    Prediction and head to head Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Alexei Popyrin

    Taylor Harry Fritz downs Alexei Popyrin 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Washington on Wednesday. Fritz is going to play against Daniel Evans in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2016 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

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    Fritz added to his prize money $ 11,815 after winning this match. He has won already $ 26,095 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 23,420 to his earnings to get in total $ 49,515 in total.

    Highlights Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Alexei Popyrin Citi Open – Washington

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    At the end of the match, Taylor scored 59 points vs. Alexei’s 47.

    Fritz

    Taylor served very well to win 91% of the points (29/32) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (13/25) on his second serve. Taylor won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.

    Popyrin

    On the other side, Alexei wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

    After this encounter, the head to head between Fritz and Popyrin is 1-0 for Taylor.

    Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Daniel Evans – stats

    Fritz will face Evans in the 3rd round.

    This will be the 3rd time that Taylor Harry Fritz and Daniel Evans play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

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    Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Fritz conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

    Taylor converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Fritz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 55 points. Fritz was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Popyrin (30-25). Taylor conceded 7 points on serve (20-7). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).

    Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Fritz grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

    Taylor converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Alexei was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).

    They played 51 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Australian (29-22). Taylor lost 8 points on serve (22-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Popyrin conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).

     

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