Taylor Fritz hustles Rafael Nadal 7-6(3) 6-1 in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Sunday. Fritz will face off with Casper Ruud in the Round Robin. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Rafael Nadal Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Taylor scored 70 points vs. Nadal’s 57.
Fritz
The American served pretty well to win 80% of the points (32/40) behind his first serve, and he won 78% points (14/18) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.
Nadal
On the other side, Rafael wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fritz and Nadal is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Fritz will fight against Ruud in the Round Robin.
There is no head to head record between Taylor Fritz and Casper Ruud since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Fritz won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Fritz won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point.
Fritz won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
The American was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 75 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Fritz won just 3 more points than the Spaniard (39-36). Fritz conceded 6 points on serve (29-6). on the other side of the net, Rafael conceded 10 points on serve (30-10).
The American won the set after he broke Rafael in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Nadal was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Fritz converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Taylor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. Taylor conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Rafael (31-21). Fritz lost 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the net, Rafael conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
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