Top-seeded Taylor Fritz needed just 63 minutes to defeat Italian No. 3 seed Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-2 in a semifinal of the Bybit Stockholm Open on Friday.
The American will contest his career-best sixth tour-level final of the year against unseeded Argentine Thiago Agustin Tirante, who beat No. 4 seed Alejandro Tabilo of Chile 7-5, 7-6 (1) to reach his first career tour-level final.
After losing the final of the Lyon Open to Musetti last month in France, Fritz won this time by winning 80% of his service points (36 of 45) and facing no break points while converting three of four on Musetti’s serve. After pulling out the only break of the first set at 1-1, Fritz effectively iced the match by winning four straight games at 1-1 in the second.
Tirante and Tabilo each delivered double fault-free performances in their match but the Argentine held a commanding 14-5 edge in aces and saved three of four break points on his serve while Tabilo was 0-for-2 at saving break points. The only time Tirante was broken came when he was serving for the match up 5-4 in the second set, which he responded to by winning the first five points of the tiebreak.
–Field Level Media
