The cry of Fritz echoes in the Inalpi Arena beating your chest while Zverev he shakes his head. The image sums up the intensity with which a frenetic match between the American and the German was experienced. The status of winner goes to Fritz (6-3, 3-6, 7-6), for Zverev there is the consolation of being an honorable loser.
Giant step from Taylor. The lack of confidence he suffered during several tournaments transformed into determination to face a tennis player, Zverev, who had been impregnable 24 hours ago against Alcarazwho is already in Malaga to erase the disappointment of Turin and concentrate on the Davis Cup and the abandonment of Nadal.
That effort could have taken its toll on Zverev in just one match, the semifinal against Fritz, which went to three sets, the third of this tournament. The German appeared at the Inalpi Arena nightclub with some relief, also to the credit of Fritz, who has won four of his five matches this year.
On the fast court in Turin, two tennis players delighted with the surface. This allows them to serve with power and deploy their baseline game, Fritz’s better than Zverev’s, which is relatively surprising. The American seems more confident than usual, this has been his duty in certain tournaments like the last US Open.
With this Sunday, Fritz accumulates five finals in 2024, like Alcaraz and Ruud and three less than Sinner. It is also the American salute. No tennis player from the American country has reached the final match of the ATP Finals since James Blake in 2006. He did so after unbalancing a hesitant Zverev in the first set.
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