Taylor Fritz beats Kecmanovic in the quarter of the BBT Atlanta Open

BBT ATLANTA OPEN - ATLANTA. Fritz survives Kecmanovic to square off with Cameron Norrie in the semifinal

Taylor Fritz

Taylor Harry Fritz survives Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1 7-6(1) in the quarter in Atlanta on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Fritz will clash against Cameron Norrie in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Fritz conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Kecmanovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The American reinforced his lead after breaking Kecmanovic in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Fritz won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

2nd set.

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Fritz won the tiebreak at 1.

At the end of the match, the American scored 59 points vs. Kecmanovic’s 45 points.

Taylor served pretty well to win 90% of the points (28/31) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (16/26) on his second serve. Fritz blasted 11 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Fritz was pretty good in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3). On the other side, the Serbian wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Kecmanovic is 2-0 for Taylor.

Next Match: Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Cameron Norrie – H2H and stats

Fritz will fight against Norrie in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Taylor Harry Fritz and Cameron Norrie clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Fritz and Norrie (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Fritz won 6-3 7-66 6-2 in the 1st round in Australian Open back in January 2019.

Taylor Harry Fritz in Atlanta

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