"I'm really happy with how it turned out" - Fritz on another Indian Wells semifinal

Five months after a breakout run to the autumn edition of the BNP Paribas Open, Taylor Fritz is back in the final four in 2022.

In a 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-1 victory over Miomir Kecmanovic, the American showed great patience and power to edge the unseeded Serbian. A deserving winner, Fritz was sharp throughout the nearly two-hour match, save for a nightmare service game that handed his opponent a late break against the run of play in set two.

He said:

"I'm really happy with how it turned out. He was playing tough from the baseline. I was maybe giving him a little bit too much. I felt like I couldn't really string it together on his serve [in the first two sets]. I just regrouped, found a way in the third. Kind of put more points together in the third set, so that's what did it for me."

Next up is Rublev and on that he said:

"I'm going to have to be a lot more solid from the baseline. I think I will be because I know that I have to be. I think all the matches I've played so far, I knew that I can get away with... not ripping everything from the baseline. With him, there's no question about it. So I think just knowing that, I'll be leaning into my shots a little bit more, playing a bit better, more aggressive from the baseline. But I've got to keep serving the way I've been serving."