Marcos Giron stuns Taylor Fritz 7-6(4) 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Rome on Saturday in what was an all-American clash. Giron will square off with Hubert Hurkacz in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Marcos added to his prize money € 22,030 after winning this match. He has already won € 52,925 after this win. If he wins the next match, Marcos will add € 37,520 to his earnings to get in total € 90,445 in total.
Highlights Marcos Giron vs. Taylor Fritz Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Marcos scored 78 points vs. Fritz’s 70.
Giron
Giron served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (34/44) behind his first serve. However he won only 48% points (16/33) on his second serve. Giron was exceptional in converting all the break points (3/3).
Fritz
On the other side, Taylor was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Giron and Fritz is 2-7 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Marcos Giron vs. Hubert Hurkacz – stats
Giron will square off with Hurkacz in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Marcos Giron and Hubert Hurkacz face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Giron won the set after he broke Fritz in the 7th (4-3) game. Taylor tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Giron didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 7-6.
Giron was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 0-40). On the other side, Taylor converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 9th (4-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (5-7 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 82 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Marcos won just 2 more points than Taylor (42-40). Marcos lost 19 points on serve (31-19). On the other side, Fritz conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).
Giron had a strong start of this set after breaking Taylor Fritz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, Marcos refused to bow to come back to break Fritz in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.
There was an important spell in this set when Giron won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-4 to 5-4.
Tiebreak
Marcos won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Taylor won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 8th (3-5) point.
Marcos won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Giron was perfect in converting all his break points in the 6th (1-4 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40). On the other side, Taylor converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (4-1 15-40) and the 5th game (4-1
15-40 and 30-40).They played 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Giron won just 3 points more than Taylor (34-31). Marcos dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). In addition, on the other side, Fritz conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 4-6 6-3)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Matteo GiganteGigante (7-64 7-5)
- Marcos GironGiron – Taylor FritzFritz (7-64 7-63)
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-2 6-72 6-3)
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-0 6-2)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 7-5)
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Ben SheltonShelton (6-2 6-1)
- Casper RuudRuud – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 4-6 6-3)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Learner TienTien (6-4 6-4)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-1 6-4)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-4)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-64 6-3)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-4 7-60)
- Jack DraperDraper – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-1 6-4)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 7-63)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-3 6-2)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-3 4-0 ret.)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 6-2)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 7-64)
- Arthur FilsFils – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-2 6-2)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-3)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-2 6-1)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-4 5-7 6-1)
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-4)
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Sebastian BaezBaez (3-6 6-4 6-4)
- Laslo DjereDjere – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-0 6-3)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jordan ThompsonThompson (w/o)
- Holger RuneRune – Francisco ComesanaComesana (3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-5 6-3)
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- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (2-0) – H2H details and stats
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- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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