Geneva: Fritz gets angry

He ended up having the last word. This Wednesday, the American Taylor Fritz, 9th player in the world and exempted from the first round as seeded n°2, qualified for the quarter-finals of the ATP tournament in Geneva in Switzerland, on clay, after his victory against his compatriot Marcos Giron, 74th player in the world, in three sets (4-6, 6-2, 6-3) and 2 hours of play. In the first set, at 1-1, Taylor Fritz saved a ball from break, before giving in on the second and last. Then to miss an opportunity to break in stride. After erasing his handicap at 2-3, the better ranked of the two lost his service again, just after. At 5-4, Marcos Giron served to win this first set. After having had to save three break points, the lower ranked of the two finally achieved his goal (6-4).

A quarter against Mannarino’s scorer

In the second round, the 9th player in the world lost his entry service, despite two first balls being saved. Before seizing the first two face-offs from his opponent of the day, even if he took it twice for this, each time. Not without having also had to save two break points, between the two services. And finally, at the best of times, at 5-2, the No. 2 seed broke again. A white break which allowed him, at the same time, to equalize at one set everywhere (6-2). Finally, in the third and final set, at 2-1, Taylor Fritz got two break points, but without success. Finally, and again at the best of times, at 4-3, the better ranked of the two made the break, white. To then put, in stride, an end point to this meeting, on his second match point (6-3). In the quarterfinals, his opponent will be the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka, 86th player in the world, who took out the French Adrian Mannarino, 47th player in the world and seeded n ° 8, in three sets (6-4, 4-6, 6- 3) and 2h40 of play.