Alejandro Davidovich Fokina stuns Taylor Fritz 7-6(4) 7-6(5) in the quarter in Delray Beach on Friday. Davidovich Fokina will engage against Matteo Arnaldi in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes.
Davidovich Fokina added to his prize money $ 14,925 after winning this match. He has already won $ 35,480 up to now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Alejandro will add $ 24,870 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,350.
Highlights Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Taylor Fritz Delray Beach Open – Delray Beach
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:25
At the end of the match, Davidovich Fokina scored 85 points vs. Fritz’s 83.
Davidovich Fokina
The Spaniard was fantastic in converting all the break points (3/3).
Fritz
On the other side, the American wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Davidovich Fokina and Fritz is 3-2 for Alejandro.
Draw and next match H2H: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Matteo Arnaldi – stats
Davidovich Fokina will face Arnaldi in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Matteo Arnaldi face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Arnaldi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Arnaldi won 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Dallas back in February 2025.
Live score progression and stats
Davidovich Fokina won the set after he broke the American in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Taylor tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Nonetheless, Davidovich Fokina stayed solid to win the set 7-6.
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
Davidovich Fokina was spot on in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Fritz converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A), the 12th (5-6 0-40 and 15-40) and the 14th game (5-7 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 98 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Spaniard won just 2 more points than Fritz (50-48). Alejandro lost 27 points on serve (36-27). In addition, on the other side, Taylor conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).
Davidovich Fokina had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Taylor Fritz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that was not enough for Alejandro to win the set as the American found the way to break back in the 9th (4-5) game. Davidovich Fokina maintained his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
Davidovich Fokina won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Taylor won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 9th (5-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Alejandro was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). Alejandro saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Taylor converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 70 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alejandro won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the American (34-36). The Spaniard conceded 11 points on serve (21-11). On the losing side, Taylor conceded 13 points on serve (25-13).
Tennis Scores in Delray Beach
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-63 7-5)
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-62 6-4)
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Marcos GironGiron (2-6 6-4 6-2)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Taylor FritzFritz (7-64 7-65)
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