Taylor Fritz opened his ATP Finals campaign with a straight-sets victory over Daniil Medvedev, then acknowledged his fine serving display was the difference. (More Tennis News)
Fri🍃tz recorded🎃 a 6-4 6-3 victory over the fourth seed to make a flying start to his second appearance at the season-ending event in Turin.
With world number one Jannik Sinner and Alex de Minaur – who face off later on Sunday – also lurking in the Ilie Nastase Group, Fritz knew the importance of usin𝔉g his serve as a weapon.
He won 85% (33/39) of his first-serve points to Medvede🎶v's 79% (30/38), also firing off nine aces and not commit🌳ting a single double fault, compared to eight of each for the Russian.
"The serve 🌺was a big part of it for sure," Fritz said after the match. "He's such a good returner.
"You can make a lot of first serves, but if they are not very high quality, he just puts so 🦋many returns in the court.
"It was huge for me, I hit a lot of lines, a𓃲 lot of spots to start out games. I got out of a lot of service games with no pressure.
"Some of the ones we got tight in, I was either able 🐷to grind through the long rallies or get myself s𓂃ome free points."
Data Debrief: Fifty up for Fritz
Fritz's win made him just the fourth player to register 5ꦚ0 victor♑ies in ATP events this calendar year, putting him in an exclusive club.
Only Alexander Zverev (66), Sinner (65) and Carlos Alcaraz (52) have managed m👍ore such wins in 2024.
