Thanks to his victory against Andrey Rublev, the American Taylor Fritz will find, in the semi-final in Toronto, his compatriot Ben Shelton.
Taylor Fritz was the strongest. This Tuesday, the American, 4th world player and seeded n ° 2, qualified for the semi-finals of the Toronto tournament in Canada, on hard, thanks to his victory against Russian Andrey Rublev, 11th world player and head of n ° 6, in two rounds (6-3, 7-6 (4)) and 1h23 of play. In the first round, the Russian was brewed. An advantage that the American kept until the end, before going to conclude and pocket this first set, in his first attempt (6-3).
Finally, in the second and last round, the two players started by making a game, and this during the first eight games. At 4-4, Andrey Rublev was the first to crack, at worst moments, yielding his service. In the process, Taylor Fritz was used for the gain of this meeting. If he obtained a match ball, the 4th world player also had to save three bales of Débreak, before, finally, to give in on the fourth and last. The two men then went to the tie-break.
Shelton crosses a course
In this decisive game, the seeded n ° 2 led 3-0 then 5-2. If the 11th world player returned to 5-4, the American ended up putting an end to this meeting (7-6 (4)). Taylor Fritz qualifies for his 7th semi-final in Masters 1000, the second of the year after Miami. His next opponent will be his compatriot Ben Shelton, 7th world player and seeded n ° 4, who dismissed Australian Alex de Minaur, 8th world player and seeded n ° 9, in two rounds (6-3, 6-4) and 1h32 of play. The American lost a service, in the second round.
At the same time, Ben Shelton succeeded in a break in the first round, then two in the second. Sufficient to cross the Masters 1000 quarters for the first time in four attempts. The 7th world player also becomes, on the ATP circuit, the youngest American to reach the half of a Masters 1000 from Andy Roddick (2005 – Indian Wells).
