Taylor Fritz aces Frances Tiafoe 4-6 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in New York on Friday in what was an all-American encounter. Fritz will engage against Jannik Sinner in the final. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Fritz added to his prize money $ 800,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 1,800,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fritz will add $ 1,800,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 3,600,000 in total.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Frances Tiafoe U.S. Open – New York
Fritz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Tiafoe is 7-1 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Fritz will compete against Sinner in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Taylor Fritz and Jannik Sinner face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Fritz and Sinner (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
Fritz had an good ride in the last 2 sets to lose 5 games after winning 54 points vs. Sinner’s 34 points.
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Fritz was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, Tiafoe succeeded in coming back to break Taylor in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
Certainly, a key moment was when Frances won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-3 to 5-3.
They contested 66 points. Frances was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Taylor (36-30). Tiafoe surrendered 12 points on serve (20-12). on the other side of the net, Fritz conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Taylor conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
They contested 54 points. Taylor was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Frances (33-21). Taylor was astonishing on serve to drop just 1 point during his serving games (24-1). on the other side of the net, Frances conceded 9 points on serve (20-9).
Fritz commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 1st game (1-0). That break was enough for Tiafoe to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.
They contested 52 points. Frances was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Taylor (30-22). Frances surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). On the losing side, Taylor conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Fritz conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
They contested 55 points. Fritz was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Tiafoe (30-25). Fritz conceded 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the court, Frances conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).
Fritz had a strong start of this set after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Taylor to win the set as Frances found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Taylor kept his focus to break Frances in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Taylor won 4 consecutive games in the 5th set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Taylor converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, Tiafoe was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (0-4 15-40).
They played 34 points. Fritz won 16 more points than Frances (25-9). Fritz conceded 5 points on serve (13-5). In addition, on the other side, Frances conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Taylor FritzFritz – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (4-6 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-1)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 7-63 6-2)
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