Taylor Fritz aces Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3 6-3 in the 4th round in Melbourne on Sunday. Fritz will clash against Novak Djokovic in the quarter. The battle lasted 3 hours and 1 minute. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 4th round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 225,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 600,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 390,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 990,000 in total.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Taylor scored 135 points vs. Tsitsipas’s 114.
Fritz
Fritz served exceptionally well to win 86% of the points (68/79) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (18/34) on his second serve. The American struck 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Fritz won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Tsitsipas
On the other side, the Greek was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Tsitsipas is 2-3 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Fritz will face Djokovic in the quarter.
This will be the 9th time that Taylor Fritz and Novak Djokovic clash against each other. The head to head is 8-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Taylor won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Taylor won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point.
Taylor won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Fritz was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Stefanos was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 80 points. Fritz won 8 points more than the Greek (44-36). Fritz conceded 7 points on serve (29-7). on the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 15 points on serve (29-15).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Greek grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) before eventually winning the set (7-5).
Tsitsipas was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Fritz wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They played 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Greek won just 3 points more than Fritz (32-29). Tsitsipas surrendered 8 points on serve (25-8). on the other side of the net, Fritz conceded 7 points on serve (21-7).
Fritz came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Fritz to win the set because the Greek managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Taylor maintained his focus to break the Greek in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
Fritz converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tsitsipas was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).
They played 58 points. Taylor conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Stefanos (33-25). Fritz dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Fritz won the set after he broke Stefanos in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Greek was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The American converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Fritz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. Taylor was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Greek (29-21). Fritz was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Tsitsipas conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
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- Taylor FritzFritz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-63 5-7 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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