Tallon
Griekspoor overcame a set down and defeated Taylor Fritz 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to
advance to his third final of the year at the Mubadala Citi DC Open.
The 12th
seed Dutchman had a remarkable week, quietly advancing through the main draw in
Washington. He defeated Liam Broady, Gael Monfils, and the 16th seed Jeffrey
John Wolf to set up a clash with the top seed and the last remaining American
in the competition, Taylor Fritz.
Fritz
entered the semifinal with a seven-match winning streak and the title from the
Atlanta Open last week. He started the DC Open with a quick victory over
Zachary Svajda, then defeated the 15th seed Andy Murray and Australian Jordan
Thompson in the quarterfinals.
The
semifinal between Fritz and Griekspoor began with the top seed securing a break
in the second game of the match. Although Fritz faced some difficulties in his
subsequent service games, he saved five break points against him and maintained
the advantage to take the first set 6-3.
In a
closely contested second set, Griekspoor capitalized on the second break point
offered by Fritz when the score was 4-3 in his favor, taking control and
winning the second set 6-3 to force a deciding third set.
Once again,
it seemed like the third set would be decided by details, as both players were
holding their service games without conceding break points to their opponents.
However, in the fifth game, Griekspoor took advantage of a couple of errors
from Fritz to gain an edge.
With the
pressure on, Fritz lost his service again in his next service game, ultimately
giving the victory to his opponent. Griekspoor won the last five games of the
match and sealed a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory.
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The
27-year-old Dutchman improved his statistics during the match, hitting 39
winners and committing 10 unforced errors, surpassing Fritz's performance with
31 winners and 13 unforced errors.
Griekspoor's
opponent for the final will be determined tonight in the match between
Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and British Dan Evans. In their head-to-head,
Dimitrov leads 3-2, with a 2-1 advantage on hard courts.
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