He suffered a lot, but the American Taylor Fritz back to Australian Alex de Minaur to boost their chances of reaching the semifinals of the ATP Finals, a round they already know from their previous participation, in 2022.
Defeated by Fritz, US Open finalist and world No. 5 of 27 years old, De Miñaur, who left his first Finals with zero, by 5-7, 6-4 and 6-3, in the first match of the championship arguing in a third round.
The North American looked bad with a break ball down at 3-3 in the second set, when the initiative belonged to the Spaniard’s ‘Aussie-Alicante’ pupil. Adolfo Gutierrez. He came back, starting his rise, which he established by breaking De Miñaur’s serve for the first time for 6-4.
The emotional blow was different for both of them. Fritz went for it, and took his second victory in the Ilie Nastase Group. However, it remains in the hands of Jannik Sinner and Daniel Medvedevwhich will close the group in the night session on Thursday, from 8:30 pm
The sinner learned his mathematical classification for the semifinals during the Fritz-De Minaur era, although he has not yet secured first place in the group. There are three combinations in play, only one of which will benefit Medvedev, who needs to win in two sets to advance, also leading from the transalpine.
If Medvedev wins all three or loses, everything is very clear: Sinner 1st and Fritz 2nd.
Each match in the group stage carries a prize of $396,500 and 200 ranking points.
Source: La Verdad
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