Taylor Fritz wins against Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Tuesday. Fritz will seek to keep on going in this event against Shintaro Mochizuki in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. The American won this tournament once in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Taylor added to his prize money $ 12,680 after winning this match. He has already won $ 27,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fritz will add $ 23,725 to his earnings to get in total $ 50,895 in total.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Cameron Norrie Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 70 points vs. the Brit’s 47.
Fritz
Fritz served very well to win 79% of the points (27/34) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (13/19) on his second serve. Taylor fired 13 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Fritz won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Norrie
On the other side, Norrie was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fritz and Norrie is 7-6 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Shintaro Mochizuki – stats
Fritz will compete against Mochizuki in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Taylor Fritz and Shintaro Mochizuki since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The American conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The American broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
Fritz failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Norrie was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Fritz converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Norrie converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 73 points. Fritz was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Norrie (44-29). The American lost 7 points on serve (23-7). On the losing side, the Brit conceded 21 points on serve (22-21).
Fritz had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Cameron Norrie in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for the American to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Taylor was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40). On the other side, Fritz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. Fritz conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Norrie (26-18). Fritz surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, the Brit conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).
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