Fritz Triumphs Over Rublev, Advances to Toronto Semifinals

In the National Bank Open in Toronto, Taylor Fritz emerged victorious over No. 6 seed Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals. Fritz beat Rublev 6-3, 7-6 on Tuesday night to secure a spot in the tournament’s semifinals.

Fritz performed impressively, finishing the match with 20 aces under his belt. He will now face the victor of the quarterfinal between No. 4 Ben Shelton of the U.S. and No. 9 Alex de Minaur of Australia.

The other semifinal will pit top-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany, who emerged victorious in the Montreal tournament in 2017, against No. 11 Karen Khachanov of Russia. The final match is set for Thursday.

27-year-old Fritz had made an impressive start in the match against Rublev, securing the match’s first eight points. He currently sits fourth in the ATP Tour rankings after losing last year’s U.S. Open final to No. 1 Jannik Sinner.

Fritz is now eyeing his 11th ATP Tour victory and his second Masters 1000 crown. He had successfully broken Rublev in the second set when the score was tied 4-4. However, Rublev bounced back, staving off a defeat in the subsequent game and going up 6-5, before being forced into a tiebreaker by Fritz.

Rublev, also 27, had lost in last year’s final to Australia’s Alexei Popyrin. The Russian player had reached the fourth round in both Wimbledon and the French Open the same year.

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