The Australian did not exist against the American on Wednesday, the second winning in two short sets (6-3, 6-2).
Taylor Fritz, 13th in the world, qualified for the round of 16 of the Cincinnati Masters 1000 on Wednesday by beating Australian Nick Kyrgios (6-3, 6-2), physically impaired like last week in Montreal. In great shape at Wimbledon in July where he reached the final, then in Washington two weeks ago – where he won, ending a three-year drought – Kyrgios was a scarecrow during this American summer. on hard. But the overflow of matches seems hard to digest.
As in Montreal, during his elimination in the quarters against the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (10th), the 27-year-old Australian dragged his carcass on the court, dropping a few still impressive shots but without going the distance in the exchanges. His back, already painful in Quebec, made him suffer even more in Ohio. Fritz, a customer on cement as evidenced by his victory at Indian Wells in March, took advantage of this, showing himself to be very solid and in no way disturbed by the frustration sometimes expressed with quite a few decibels by his rival. The American will face Russian Andrey Rublev (8th) in the next round. Hurkacz, finalist in Montreal on Sunday against Pablo Carreño, also fell, beaten 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 by American John Isner (50th).
