by For the first time in his career, Taylor Fritz reached the semi -finals in Wimbledon. Fritz-de Number 5 Ranked men’s player full brought the performance with an impressive 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 victory over Karen Khahanov on Tuesday.
It was an excellent achievement for the American, although he came across some problems later in the game. Despite some struggles in the third and early in the fourth set, he managed to recover to win the victory.
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Fritz registered 16 aces. He had a success rate at around 90 percent of his first blasts through the first two sets, so that Fritz helped build his early lead. Although the attack was impressive, Fritz was also better in the defense, where he made 31 casual mistakes. Khachanov ended with 38 non -commanded mistakes.
Although Fritz played well early, Khachanov also had moments of excellence. He hung in with Fritz during the first two sets, despite losing both. Khachanov then ran and jumped to a 5-0 lead in the third set, which marked the first time in the match that he seemed to have the upper hand.
Fritz managed to take one match in the set, but lost 6-1.
Khachanov wore that momentum to the fourth set, where he took an early 2-0 lead. Fritz showed frustration early in the set and spoke animated with his coach among the points of Khachahanov.
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When Fritz had to serve again, he came back on the right track. A quick victory made in 2-1 in the fourth set. That seemed to be the turning point for Fritz, those things in the next game. After trading the following two games, Fritz managed to take a lead after he had served his way to the victory again. While the fourth set was closed, Fritz had a narrow 4-3 lead.
After Khachanov returned to bring the score to 4-4, Fritz once again used his dominant serve to get ahead. That brought Khachanov to a situation where he had to serve to stay alive. He did exactly that, so that Fritz was busy putting his way to a lead again.
Fritz got it again and took a 6-5 lead in the set. With the game in his grip, Fritz could not get it done, which led to a tiebreak.
For the last time, Fritz dominated his serve attempts to force Match Point. With Khachanov who served, Fritz finally finished the game with a well-placed kill shot on a ball that hung in the air for far too long.
The victory marks the furthest Fritz on Wimbledon. Prior to Tuesday’s victory, Fritz only appeared at the event in the quarterfinals. He reached that stage in Wimbledon in 2022, but lost Van Rafael Nadal.
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The hope of Fritz will become much more difficult from here, because he could meet Carlos Alcaraz in the semi -final. Alcaraz takes Cam Norrie on Tuesday. Alcaraz would push a victory for the third consecutive year in the semi -final in Wimbledon. Alcaraz was won Wimbledon each of the last two years.
Fritz is not only looking for his first victory at Wimbledon, he also wants to become the first American man to win the event in 25 years. The last American to accomplish that performance was Pete Sampras, who defeated Patrick Rafter in the final in 2000. It was the seventh – and last – times Sampras won the event.
