Taylor Fritz breezes past Sebastian Baez 6-2 6-3 in the 3rd round in Madrid on Sunday after playing a tremendous match to square off with Hubert Hurkacz in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Taylor added to his prize money € 36,775 after conquering this match. He has already won € 88,440 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 73,555 to his earnings to get in total € 161,995 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Taylor scored 59 points vs. the Argentine’s 38.
Fritz
Fritz served extremely well to win 85% of the points (29/34) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (7/10) on his second serve. The American blasted 11 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The American won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Baez
On the other side, Baez wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Baez is 5-0 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Hubert Hurkacz – stats
Fritz will take on Hurkacz in the 4th round.
This will be the 5th time that Taylor Fritz and Hubert Hurkacz clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Fritz and Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Hurkacz won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Montreal back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
The American in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Sebastian and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the Argentine in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Taylor failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
Fritz converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. The American won 14 points more than Sebastian (31-17). Taylor was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, Baez conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the American grabbed in the 8th
game (5-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).Taylor converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Fritz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Fritz won 7 points more than Sebastian (28-21). Fritz was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Sebastian conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 7-62)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Tommy PaulPaul (6-77 6-4 6-2)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-610 6-4)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 6-3)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 7-5)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-3)
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-5 6-4)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Holger RuneRune (6-4 4-6 6-3)
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