Taylor Fritz begins his defense of the BOSS Open title with a shock against Landaluce

Taylor Fritz has successfully begun his defense of the title of the BOSS Opena tournament held on the grass of Stuttgart and which serves as the inauguration of the fleeting grass tour, which ends with the grand finale of Wimbledon.

This extremely fast championship is held at the facilities of the Tennis Club Weissenhofand this Thursday, June 11, the current champion, the American Taylor Fritz, made his debut.

Current number 9 in the ATP ranking, Fritz defends 250 points against players very hungry for success like Ben Shelton or Alexander Bubliksince they do not usually achieve victories on the clay court tour and here they have better opportunities.

Fritz faced the young Spaniard Martin Landaluce in his debut in the second round. The Madrid native came within two points of victory, when he won 5-4 and 0-30 in the second set. However, the Californian ended up taking it 6-7(4), 7-5 and 7-6(3), after two and a half hours.

Fritz had not achieved a victory since Miami Masters 1,000in the fourth round, beaten by the Czech Jiri Lehecka, due to chronic tendinitis in his right knee. It was noted on the same court that the American was coming off a negative streak, as he let out a roar at the end of the match that raised the entire stands to applaud him.

The Madrid tennis player had never played with Fritz, who beat the Frenchman in the first round Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Now, the American will face the Italian Mattia Bellucci in the quarterfinals, which comes after beating Alejandro Davidovich in the first round and the German Yannick Hanfmann in second.

Besides, Lehecka He beat the Australian James Duckworth 6-7(10), 6-4 and 7-6(3) and is scheduled to meet the American in the quarterfinals. Frances Tiafoeexecutioner of the also oceanic Rinky Hijikata.

Thursday’s day was interrupted due to too much humidity on the track during the match between Ben Shelton and Marcos Giron. Shelton, the number one seed in the tournament, was losing 6-7 4-4 when he addressed the chair umpire very decisively: “When do you intend to suspend the match?” he snapped.

After the supervisor appeared on the court and reached an agreement with both players after the multiple slips that both had suffered during the last minutes, they decided that The match will resume this Friday.