Hey, why there's no talk about this match?
Both undefeated, the group winner plays here.
Fritz a slight favourite.
First meeting.
Fritz winning 2-0 will leave a SF door open for Nadal.
Clay season is upon us. Not a lot of high powered men in the draws this weekend. Houston is fairly loaded with most of the top Americans playing, 6 of the 8 seeds, in fact. Marrakesh will feature Felix Auger-Aliassime, who joined the draw with a wild card, and little else.
Houston (DRAW):
(1)...
So, this is the fifth meeting between the two if you include their meeting at the 2018 ATP NextGen Finals [2-2]:
Year
Event
Surface
Round
Winner
Result
2021
ATP Masters 1000 Paris
France
Indoor Hard
R32
Taylor Fritz
75 762
2021
Dubai
U.A.E.
Outdoor Hard
R16
Andrey Rublev
63 61
2018...
I'm sure a certain part of it is just natural improvement along a development curve, but the level of play of Opelka, Fritz, Tiafoe, and Paul all peaked in 2021, and mostly did so in the second half of the season after the early rise of Korda, and the later rising of both Brooksby and Nakashima...
2021 atp tour
alexander zverev
cameron norrie
diego schwartzman
grigor dimitrov
hubert hurkacz
nikoloz basilashvili
poll question
stefanos tsitsipas
taylorfritz
Just saw a tennis spin video revealing the new 2021 radical pro. Seems that the new face of the radical is Taylor Fritz. This is a move that I cannot understand, as there are much more successful players endorsing the radical line, such as Schwartzman and Garin. Any thoughts or explanations?
Federer's quest toward a record 7th Aus Open title and a 21st Grand Slam title will continue on Friday against young American Taylor Fritz. Scheduled not before 13:00hrs in the Rod Laver Arena (23:00 Arg/Chi, 21:00EST, 02:00 GMT).
Only match played was at Stuttgart 2016 2R where Federer won 64...