Taylor Harry Fritz survives Andrey Rublev 6-7(4) 6-2 7-5 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Fritz will have to play Daniil Medvedev in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 32 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 73,485 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 157,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fritz will add $ 131,660 to his earnings to get in total $ 289,655 in total.
Highlights Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Andrey Rublev Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 117 points vs. Andrey’s 106.
Fritz
Taylor served extremely well to win 83% of the points (57/69) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 48% points (21/44) on his second serve. Fritz fired 13 aces and he committed 6 double faults. The American won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Rublev
On the other side, the Russian 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 Rublev is 4-2 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Fritz will come up against Medvedev in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Taylor Harry Fritz and Daniil Medvedev since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, the Russian won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Russian won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Fritz won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (1-5), 7th (2-5) and 10th (4-6) point.
The Russian won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Rublev was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Taylor was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They contested 96 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Andrey won just 2 points more than Fritz (49-47). The Russian conceded 16 points on serve (34-16). On the losing side, Taylor conceded 15 points on serve (31-15).
Fritz in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Andrey and finally he won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when the American won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
The American converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Andrey wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 50 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than the Russian (31-19). The American dropped 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the court, Andrey conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Fritz grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) before ultimately winning the set (7-5).
Fritz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, Rublev was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 75 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the American won barely 1 point more than the Russian (38-37). Fritz dropped 14 points on serve (29-14). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 9 points on serve (23-9).
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