Taylor Fritz beats Dominic Stricker 7-6(2) 6-4 6-4 in the 4th round in New York on Sunday. Fritz will try to keep the momentum against Novak Djokovic in the quarter. The match lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 3rd round in 2018 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 171,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 455,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Taylor will add $ 320,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 775,000 in total.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Dominic Stricker U.S. Open – New York
Fritz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 102 points vs. Dominic Stephan’s 88.
Fritz
Taylor served extremely well to win 83% of the points (45/54) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (24/44) on his second serve. Fritz fired 17 aces and he committed 5 double faults. The American was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that he procured (3/4).
Stricker
On the other side, Dominic Stephan was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Stricker is 1-0 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Fritz will square off with Djokovic in the quarter.
This will be the 8th time that Taylor Fritz and Novak Djokovic square off. The head to head is 7-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 6-0 6-4 in the quarter in Cincinnati back in August 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Fritz won the set after he broke the Swiss in the 8th (5-3) game. Stricker tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, the American refused to give way to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 2.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.
Tiebreak
The American won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Swiss won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Taylor was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, the Swiss converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 9th
(3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).They contested 79 points. Fritz was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Dominic Stephan (42-37). The American conceded 16 points on serve (28-16). Regarding the other side of the net, Stricker conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Fritz converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Swiss wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (2-1 30-40).
They played 56 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Fritz won just 2 more points than Dominic Stephan (29-27). Fritz conceded 9 points on serve (21-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Dominic Stephan conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Fritz grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).
Fritz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, Fritz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 55 points. Taylor conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Swiss (31-24). The American was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, the Swiss conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).
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- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Borna GojoGojo (6-2 7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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