Taylor Fritz beats Matteo Berrettini 7-5 6-7(7) 7-5 in the quarter in Miami on Thursday. Fritz will face off with Jakub Mensik in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. 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 $ 143,085 after winning this match. He has already won $ 332,160 till now in this event. If he wins the next match, Fritz will add $ 265,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 597,890.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Matteo Berrettini Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:44
At the end of the match, the American scored 118 points vs. Matteo’s 107.
Fritz
The American served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (62/78) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (15/24) on his second serve. Fritz blasted 16 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Taylor won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Berrettini
On the other side, the Italian wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Berrettini is 5-0 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Jakub Mensik – stats
Fritz will fight against Mensik in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Fritz and Jakub Mensik clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Fritz had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Matteo Berrettini in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Fritz managed to stage a great comeback to break the Italian in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
They played 78 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Berrettini (44-34). Taylor conceded 13 points on serve (27-13). On the other side, the Italian conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
Berrettini won the set after he broke Taylor .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Fritz was on the money in converting all his break points in the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 80 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the American (42-38). Matteo conceded 18 points on serve (39-18). On the other side, the American conceded 3 points on serve (20-3).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Fritz snatched in the 11th game (6-5) prior to ultimately winning the set (7-5).
Fritz converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 67 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Italian (38-29). Taylor lost 7 points on serve (24-7). In addition, on the other side, Berrettini conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Jakub MensikMensik – Arthur FilsFils (7-65 6-1)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 7-64)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 6-77 7-5)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-76 6-4 7-63)
Upcoming matches
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