Taylor Fritz advanced to fourth round of the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai after two tiebreaks

The seventh-seeded Taylor Fritz (USA) advanced to fourth round of the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai after not so easy straight-set victory versus Terence Atmane (France). The American tennis player reached the win after two tiebreaks in almost two hours of play.

Terence Atmane scored the impressive 14 aces against only 6 for his opponent. He also showed better stats at the winners (29-26) and unforced errors (8-10), but at the end lost the match and is knocked out from the prestigious tournament.

The first set started equally with both tennis players winning their serve game without giving a single breakpoint by the ninth game. At the service of Taylor Fritz, his opponent reached two breaks points at 15-40 and 30-40, but the American reflected both of them and eventually won the game. Both players won their next service games and the set entered into a tiebreak, which Taylor Fritz succeeded to win by 7-4.

The second set ran in a similar fashion. Both players won their first serve games without giving a breakpoint to 2:2. This time Taylor Fritz was first to reach two breakpoints at 15-40 but lost both of them. However, he reached another breakpoint after the deuce and succeeded to convert it to take a lead by 3:2. he confirmed his break to win the next service game and had an advantage of 4:2. In the seventh game, Taylor Fritz reached two more breakpoints at 15-40 and again lost both of them. After the deuce he had another breakpoint, which was also reflected by Terence Atmane, who finally won the game and kept the advance of his opponent to only one break. Getting the impetus from winning his game, Terence Atmane succeeded to return the break of his opponent on zero and equalized the score to 4:4. The set continue without any breaks and breakpoint, entering again into a tiebreak. In the tiebreak, Taylor Fritz took a lead by 3-0, but his opponent succeeded to equalize to 5-5. In the end, after three consecutive point in his asset, Taylor Fritz closed the tiebreak at 7-5 and won the set and the match.

In the Round of 16 of the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, Taylor Fritz will face Yosuke Watanuki (Japan), who defeated the 32nd-seeded Brandon Nakashima (USA) by 2-0 (7:6, 6:3). The head-to-head balance between both tennis players is 1-0 in favor of the America, who achieved his only victory at the Round of 64 last year at the same tournament in Shangahi.