The champion of the 2022 Indian Wells Masters, Taylor Fritz is 2 wins away from finishing the profession Sunshine Double on the Miami Open.
Advancing to his first semifinal in Miami definitely wasn’t straightforward, nonetheless. Fritz confronted Matteo Berrettini within the quarterfinals on Thursday evening and survived a high-quality 7-5, 6-7(7), 7-5 thriller. The fourth-ranked American noticed six match factors come and go within the second set however finally steadied the ship to prevail in two hours and 44 minutes.
Fritz is now 14-5 this season after additionally defeating Lorenzo Sonego, Denis Shapovalov, and Adam Walton.
Standing in Fritz’s manner of the championship match on Friday evening is stunning semifinalist Jakub Mensik. The 19-year-old Czech did get the good thing about a fourth-round walkover from compatriot Tomas Machac, however he has performed effectively when obligatory. Mensik is thru to his first Masters 1000 semi because of victories over Roberto Bautista Agut, Indian Wells champion Jack Draper, Roman Safiullin, and Arthur Fils.