Amazing Taylor Fritz too good for Johnson in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Pablo Varillas. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Fritz breezes past Johnson to play Juan Pablo Varillas in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Steve Johnson

Taylor Fritz makes light work of Steve Johnson 6-2 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in New York on Monday in what was an all-American contest after playing a terrific match to square off with Juan Pablo Varillas in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Fritz
New York
Fritz's Record

Fritz added to his prize money $ 41,500 after winning this match. He has already won $ 123,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fritz will add $ 68,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 191,000 in total.

Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Steve Johnson U.S. Open – New York

Fritz’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Fritz
Johnson
Taylor Fritz
6-2 6-1 6-2
1h:20
Steve Johnson
81
81
Total points
39
39
23
23
Winners
21
21
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
10
10
Unforced
27
27
27%
27%
Ratio Unforced
73%
73%
14/19
14/19
Net Approaches
8/15
8/15
74%
74%
Perc
53%
53%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
3
3
0
0
Double Faults
6
6
46%
46%
1st in
51%
51%
100%
100%
1st won
58%
58%
23/23
23/23
1st won
21/36
21/36
78%
78%
2nd won
35%
35%
21/27
21/27
2nd won
12/34
12/34
215
215
Fastest serve
197
197
191
191
AVG 1st Serve
181
181
152
152
AVG 2nd Serve
158
158
-- Break Points --
7/9
7/9
Total
0/0
0/0
78%
78%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Fritz scored 81 points vs. Steve’s 39.

Fritz

Fritz served pretty well to win 100% of the points (23/23) behind his first serve, and he won 78% points (21/27) on his second serve. Fritz blasted 10 aces without committing any double fault. Taylor was pretty effective at converting 78% of the break points that he conquered (7/9).

Johnson

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

After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Johnson is 5-2 for Taylor.

Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Juan Pablo Varillas – stats

Fritz will fight against Pablo Varillas in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Taylor Fritz and Juan Pablo Varillas since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Taylor Fritz Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Fritz 6-2
FritzJohnson
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
FritzJohnson
5
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
FritzJohnson
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
FritzJohnson
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
FritzJohnson
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
FritzJohnson
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
FritzJohnson
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
FritzJohnson
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40

Taylor in this set didn’t concede much to Steve and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Johnson in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

Certainly, a key moment was when Taylor won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

Taylor was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, Fritz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 36 points. Fritz conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Johnson (25-11). Taylor was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). On the other side, Steve conceded 9 points on serve (9-9).

2nd Set -
Fritz 6-1
FritzJohnson
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
FritzJohnson
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
FritzJohnson
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
FritzJohnson
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
FritzJohnson
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
FritzJohnson
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
FritzJohnson
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A

Taylor was too good to drop barely 1 game before breaking Johnson 3 times and win the set 6-1.

Steve was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-1 to 6-1.

Fritz converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Taylor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 42 points. Fritz won 16 points more than Steve (29-13). Taylor was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). On the other side, Steve conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).

3rd Set -
Fritz 6-2
FritzJohnson
6
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
FritzJohnson
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
FritzJohnson
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
FritzJohnson
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
FritzJohnson
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
FritzJohnson
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
FritzJohnson
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
FritzJohnson
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Fritz had a racing start in this set after breaking Steve Johnson in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Taylor improved his lead after breaking Steve in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.

Taylor converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Taylor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 42 points. Fritz was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Steve (27-15). Fritz was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the net, Johnson conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).

1st
Fritz
Johnson
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Fritz
Johnson
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Fritz
Johnson
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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