Taylor Fritz hustles Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Atlanta on Friday. Fritz will have to play Jeff Wolf in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the final in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Taylor added to his prize money $ 16,170 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 38,450 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 26,955 to his earnings to get in total $ 65,405.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Kei Nishikori Truist Atlanta Open – Atlanta
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:13
At the end of the match, Taylor scored 61 points vs. the Japanese’s 43.
Fritz
Taylor served extremely well to win 86% of the points (25/29) behind his first serve, and he won 76% points (13/17) on his second serve. Taylor was effective when converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4).
Nishikori
On the other side, the Japanese wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fritz and Nishikori is 1-3 for Kei.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Jeff Wolf – stats
Fritz will come up against Wolf in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Taylor Fritz and Jeff Wolf since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the American grabbed in the 10th game (6-4) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Taylor failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. The American won 11 points more than Kei (33-22). Taylor was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (24-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Nishikori conceded 9 points on serve (20-9).
Fritz had a racing start in this set after breaking Kei Nishikori in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Fritz managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Kei in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
The American converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Kei wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 49 points. Taylor conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Nishikori (28-21). The American conceded 6 points on serve (14-6). On the other side, Nishikori conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Tennis Scores in Atlanta
- Jeff WolfWolf – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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