Fritz celebrates 29th birthday with Basel win and now faces Shapovalov
Taylor Fritz celebrated his 29th birthday with a 6/4, 7/6 (7-3) win over Australia's Rinky Hijikata in 1h43 in Basel, firing 19 aces without dropping serve. He now faces Denis Shapovalov, who leads their head-to-head 6 a 5.
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Taylor Fritz soprou 29 velas e, horas depois, venceu sua primeira partida em Basileia pelo ATP 500. Nesta quarta-feira, o número 13 do mundo superou o lucky-loser australiano Rinky Hijikata (85º) por 6/4 e 7/6 (7-3), em 1h43.
O saque fez a diferença: 19 aces e nenhuma quebra sofrida. Fritz quebrou uma única vez, no primeiro set, e resolveu o segundo no tiebreak.
A temporada já rendeu o título do ATP 500 de Washington e duas finais no mesmo nível, em Dallas e Halle. No domingo, ele ficou com o vice em Lyon ao perder para Lorenzo Musetti; sem tempo para descansar, alugou um carro e encarou cerca de 400 quilômetros até Basileia, caso que contou nas redes sociais.
Ex-top 4, ele tenta agora passar das quartas de 2018, sua melhor campanha local. Do outro lado da rede estará Denis Shapovalov, 52º do ranking, que eliminou o suíço Remy Bertola por 6/4 e 6/2 em 1h11. O canadense lidera o duelo por 6 a 5 e venceu os três jogos em quadra coberta; o último encontro, porém, foi de Fritz, com 7/5 e 6/3 em Miami, em 2025.
Na outra partida, Nuno Borges virou sobre o nono pré-classificado Casper Ruud: 1/6, 6/3 e 6/4. Aos 29 anos, o português joga a chave principal em Basileia pela segunda vez — em 2024 caiu na estreia para Andrey Rublev — e se tornou o primeiro de seu país a vencer ali.
São 12 quartas de final na carreira, a quinta do ano e apenas a segunda em ATP 500 (a outra foi Barcelona, em abril). Campeão em Bastad 2024 ao bater Rafael Nadal na decisão, ele tem no 30º lugar seu melhor ranking. A vitória desta quarta encerrou quatro derrotas seguidas para adversários do top 30; o próximo rival sai de Novak Djokovic (cabeça 4) e Jan-Lennard Struff.
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