London [UK], July 5 (ANI): The ninth-seeded Taylor Fritz lastly clinched his spot within the second spherical on Wednesday when he produced a surprising comeback to prevail over Yannick Hanfmann in a five-set thriller on the ongoing Wimbledon 2023.
Due to rain, the American and his German opponent needed to wait till Wednesday to complete their match after coming off for dangerous gentle with Fritz main 3-2 within the fifth set on Monday night time. After three hours and one minute on Court 2, Fritz got here out the hearth, incomes an early break to advance 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
“It is great. I am going to have to come back and play tomorrow. It rained all day yesterday and off and on today, so I really just wanted to get on the court and play. I am glad I can just focus on the next match,” Fritz was quoted as saying by ATP.com.
The 25-year-old, who hit 42 winners and broke the German 4 occasions, will face Mikael Ymer within the following spherical after the Swede defeated Alex Molcan 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.
Fritz has vivid reminiscences of Wimbledon, having reached the quarter-finals in 2022 and forcing Rafael Nadal to play 5 units. This season, his greatest end result was a run to his sixth tour-level title in Delray Beach.
Another American participant Frances Tiafoe additionally superior, defeating China’s Wu Yibing 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-4.
Tiafoe, who received his first grass-court title in June in Stuttgart, confirmed off his versatility towards Wu. He disrupted the World No. 62’s rhythm together with his slice and was crisp across the internet to advance to the second spherical for the fifth time.
The tenth seed will play Swiss Dominic Stricker or Alexei Popyrin subsequent.
Former semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov superior to the second spherical in a rain-disrupted Wednesday, beating Japanese qualifier Sho Shimabukuro 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. (ANI)