Taylor Fritz beats Tsitsipas in the 4th round to set up a clash vs Djokovic at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

Taylor Fritz aces Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3 6-3 in the 4^th 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 4^th 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 9^th 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 4^th (3-1), 9^th (6-3) and 10^th (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 1^st 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 2^nd 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 11^th

game (6-5) before eventually winning the set (7-5).

Tsitsipas was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11^th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Fritz wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12^th 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 2^nd

game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Fritz to win the set because the Greek managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. Taylor maintained his focus to break the Greek in the 6^th (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 2^nd (1-0 30-40), the 4^th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6^th 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 3^rd 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 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (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 7^th (3-3 30-40) and the 9^th 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

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-0 6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-6³ 5-7 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression

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