The American tennis player achieves his third important victory in his career in Monte Carlo. Fritz managed to maintain an excellent level throughout the match, which is why he would end up beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in two sets (6-2, 6-4) after 1h12min of good tennis. The Monegasque tournament will look for a new King.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas faced the third of the matches corresponding to a new edition of a Masters 1000 tournament in the city of Monte Carlo in this month of April 2023. He did it after going ahead in the men’s final tablewhere he would have to face the American tennis player in the quarterfinals Taylor Fritz. The Greek player came to this match after having previously beaten Benjamin Bonzi and Nicholas Jarry. For his part, the tennis player from the United States came to this match after having previously done the same against Stan Wawrinka and Jiri Lehecka. Inside of the head to head There are up to five precedents between the two tennis players, and they were those that would take place between 2015 and 2022. In the last three occasions the European racket would be victoriouswhile on the first two occasions the North American racket would.
Taylor Fritz tees off
The match started strong for Taylor Fritz. The American player was maintaining a very high match pace, proof of this was his continued success with his forehands. That is why he would get a 4-0 run with a double break in his favor. The reaction on the Greek side would be noted, albeit timidly, since it added his first game without much significance. Once again Fritz would take more advantage on the scoreboard after a comfortable 40-0, leaving the set very much in his favor. Again Stefanos would try to extend the agony, but nothing would prevent the success of his rival. With a better definition in the blows, and knowing how to look for the European’s mistakes, Taylor Fritz took the first round after taking advantage of his only set point with a clean game.
The North American racket manages to leave out the current champion
At the start of the second set it would now be Stefanos Tsitsipias who would start commanding the initial score. At the moment Taylor Fritz would respond, following a series of exchanges in each service. Suddenly the racket from the United States tried to take advantage on the score twice, being 4-3 in their favor. Timidly the Hellene would try to close the gap, who would get a break in favor to equalize the situation with 4-4. Finally, and after winning two consecutive games, Taylor Fritz took advantage of his only match point at 40-0 to win the tie. This confirmed his pass to the semifinals of the tournament from Monaco.
