Taylor Fritz bests Jiri Lehecka 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the 3rd round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Thursday. Fritz will fight against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. This run will match his best result in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Fritz added to his prize money € 67,620 after winning this match. He has already won € 145,380 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fritz will add € 121,150 to his earnings to get in total € 266,530 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:42
At the end of the match, Taylor scored 81 points vs. Jiri’s 68.
Fritz
Taylor was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Lehecka
On the other side, the Czech had a tough time converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Lehecka is 2-0 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Fritz will fight against Tsitsipas in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Taylor Fritz and Stefanos Tsitsipas play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Czech clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The Czech was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Lehecka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Lehecka won just 3 points more than the American (32-29). Jiri dropped 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Fritz conceded 12 points on serve (24-12).
Fritz started the set strong after breaking Jiri Lehecka in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Fritz to win the set because the Czech succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The American maintained his focus to break the Czech in the 10th (6-4) game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Taylor converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Lehecka converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 60 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Jiri (32-28). Fritz conceded 12 points on serve (20-12). on the other side of the court, Jiri conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
Fritz had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Jiri Lehecka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Taylor reinforced his lead after breaking Lehecka in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Taylor converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 28 points. Taylor was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than the Czech (20-8). Taylor was absolutely perfect on serve to concede only 1 point during his serving games (12-1). Regarding the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 8 points on serve (7-8).
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