Taylor Fritz continued his quest for an Eastbourne hat-trick Thursday on the Rothesay Worldwide, the place the highest seed ousted #NextGenATP Shang Juncheng 7-6(5), 7-6(5) to achieve the semi-finals.
A two-time champion on the grass ATP 250 (2019, 2022), Fritz dropped simply 4 factors on serve (50/54) and saved all 4 break factors he confronted to advance after one hour, 46 minutes. Regardless of failing to transform his 5 break possibilities, the American held his nerve in two tie-breaks by counting on his first-strike tennis.
“With the wind and all the pieces, that was a really depressing match to play, actually,” Fritz mentioned in reduction. “I positively really feel effectively right here. It’s robust to take an excessive amount of from right this moment. You’re by no means actually going to really feel nice hitting the ball as windy because it was. But when I can serve in addition to I did right this moment, even on this wind, I’m fairly completely satisfied about that.”
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Into his fourth semi-final of the season, Fritz is aiming to be the match’s first three-time champion. The World No. 13 within the PIF ATP Rankings is but to be damaged this week.
The 26-year-old will face Aleksandar Vukic within the semi-finals after the Aussie’s 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) win towards Yoshihito Nishioka. Fritz holds a 1-0 Lexus ATP Head2Head report towards Vukic, who the seven-time tour-level titlist defeated within the Atlanta closing final 12 months. A fortunate loser, Vukic will likely be competing in his his first ATP Tour semi-final since that Atlanta closing run. He has matched his personal-best from final season with 11 tour-level wins this 12 months.
British wild card Billy Harris, recent off his run to his first ATP Tour quarter-final at The Queen’s Membership, has gone one higher in Eastbourne by reaching the semis. The 29-year-old improved to 3-3 towards High 50 opponents with a 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-2 victory towards Flavio Cobolli.
Harris claimed the one two breaks of the match within the closing set and saved all three break factors towards him, in keeping with Infosys ATP Stats. He’s simply the fifth British semi-finalist in Eastbourne match historical past, becoming a member of Greg Rusedski (six instances), Tim Henman (1997), Kyle Edmund (2019) and Jack Draper (2022).
He’ll meet Max Purcell on Friday after the Aussie’s 6-3, 7-6(4) quarter-final victory towards Miomir Kecmanovic. The qualifier is thru to his second tour-level semi-final (Eastbourne 2021).
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