Taylor Harry Fritz defeats Alexander Zverev 7-6(2) 3-6 6-4 7-6(3) in the quarter in New York on Tuesday. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Fritz added to his prize money $ 470,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 1,000,000 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Fritz will add $ 800,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,800,000.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fritz and Zverev is 5-5 for Alexander.
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Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Taylor had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-2.
Taylor wasted a good opportunity to break Alexander in the 12th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
The American won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Zverev won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Fritz was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Fritz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 82 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Alexander (44-38). Taylor surrendered 9 points on serve (30-9). In addition, on the other side, Alexander conceded 14 points on serve (29-14).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Zverev conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before finally winning the set (6-3).
Alexander was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. Alexander was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Fritz (30-22). Alexander conceded 8 points on serve (21-8). On the other side, Fritz conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Fritz had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Alexander Zverev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Taylor to win the set because Alexander managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Fritz maintained his focus to break the German in the 10th
(6-4) game.Taylor converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Alexander converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They played 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Taylor won just 2 more points than the German (32-30). The American surrendered 12 points on serve (19-12). On the losing side, Zverev conceded 13 points on serve (18-13
).Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Fritz won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Taylor won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the German won a minibreak in the 8th (3-5) point.
The American won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Taylor was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 77 points. Fritz won 5 more points than Zverev (41-36). Fritz lost 7 points on serve (29-7). On the losing side, Zverev conceded 12 points on serve (29-12).
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