Two Wins In One Day! Taylor Fritz Sets Up Eastbourne Title Defence With Back-to-Back Wins

Two Wins In One Day! Taylor Fritz Sets Up Eastbourne Title Defence With Back-to-Back Wins

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Last Updated: June 27, 2025, 08:56 IST

Taylor Fritz won two matches in one day to reach the Eastbourne semi-finals, where he will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Taylor Fritz at Eastbourne (AP)

Taylor Fritz secured two victories in one day to move closer to a fourth Eastbourne title.

Fritz’s second-round clash with rising Brazilian star Fonseca was suspended at one set all due to bad light on Wednesday.

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Defending champion Fritz took the first set 6-3, but the 18-year-old Fonseca, ranked 57th, hit back to win the second 7-6 (7/5).

When play resumed on Thursday morning, Fritz won the deciding set 7-5 to reach the last eight.

The 27-year-old, who won the grass-court tournament in Stuttgart earlier in June, returned to court just hours later and was pushed to the brink by fellow American Giron.

Top-seeded Fritz eventually prevailed against the world number 46, winning 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 to book a semi-final date with Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Friday.

Davidovich Fokina, ranked 28th, beat Czech third seed Jakub Mensik 6-4, 7-5 in the quarter-finals.

In the other semi-final, French fourth seed Ugo Humbert will play American Jenson Brooksby. Humbert defeated Billy Harris 7-6 (7/4), 6-1, while Brooksby, a lucky loser, upset Dan Evans 6-2, 6-3.

In the women’s draw, 19-year-old Australian Maya Joint followed her upset of Emma Raducanu with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Anna Blinkova to reach the semis, where she’ll face 2021 French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who beat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 2-6, 6-0.

Filipino qualifier Alexandra Eala continued her breakout year with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Dayana Yastremska. She’ll face Varvara Gracheva, who advanced after Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova withdrew due to a thigh injury.

Krejcikova is awaiting scan results to determine her Wimbledon status.

“I’m very sorry to have to withdraw from my quarter-final today in Eastbourne as I’m having some soreness in my right thigh," she said.

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“Overnight it just didn’t get any better; it actually got worse. I think it’s better with Wimbledon in the next couple of days just to rest it and to see what’s going on and to resolve that."

(with AFP inputs)

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First Published: June 27, 2025, 08:56 IST

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