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Taylor Fritz is transferring his strong hard-court results onto clay this week, with the 10th seed winning an all-American battle against Sebastian Korda on Thursday in Monte Carlo.

The 24-year-old captured his first ATP Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells in March and has now reached the quarter-finals at four of the past five Masters 1000 events following his 7-6(4), 7-5 victory over Korda. Fritz is the first American man to reach the last eight in Monte Carlo since Sam Querrey in 2008.

“I thought the match today was pretty good,” Fritz said. “I was looking out for his return. I think I did a good job serving, mixing up all my spots. I fought off his returns on my second serves, which was the main focus. It was really good conditions today, so I was able to play what I felt was my best match.”

Fritz, who is making his third appearance at the Monte Carlo Country Club, will next play Marrakech champion David Goffin or Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who shocked World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the second round.

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ATP Monte Carlo 2022: 4. ćwierćfinał M-1000.

[10] Taylor Fritz d. Sebastian Korda 7-6(4) 7-5

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Fritz Survives Paris Thriller

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Taylor Fritz displayed his clay-court mettle on Monday at Roland Garros as the 13th seed was pushed all the way by Argentine qualifier Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in a five-set first-round thriller.

The American was made to work for every point in a 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win over the World No. 201, who gave little away in his first main draw match at a major.

A raucous crowd braved rainy conditions in Paris and was rewarded with a see-saw three-hour, 34-minute encounter between Indian Wells champion Fritz and 22-year-old Grand Slam novice Rodriguez Taverna.

For much of the match there was little to choose between the two players, despite their contrasting experience, but World No. 14 Fritz found something extra in the fifth set to set a second-round meeting with Bernabe Zapata Miralles.

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A dramatic opening set featured six breaks of serve before Fritz prevailed in a tie-break, but it was clear the American was in a battle in his first tour-level meeting with the Argentine. That was made even more evident when Rodriguez Taverna levelled the match by claiming the only break of the second set in the eighth game, his on-court energy and high-powered groundstrokes garnering strong support from the crowd.

Although rain interrupted a pulsating encounter with Fritz leading at 3-1 in the third set, the to-and-fro continued after the resumption. Fritz appeared to have finally found a path to victory when his clean ballstriking guided him to a 3-1 lead in the fifth set, but the American was pegged back again as the tenacious Rodriguez Taverna reclaimed the break.

Fritz's greater consistency with his groundstrokes proved key as he found one extra push to break Rodriguez Taverna again in the eighth game, and this time he did not falter on serve. The American let out a burst of emotion as he converted his first match point, despite having struck 39 winners to his opponent’s 54.

Fritz reached his maiden Grand Slam fourth round at January’s Australian Open, and the 24-year-old will hope that run proves to be a watershed moment as he aims to back up his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells by establishing himself as a title challenger at major championships.

Monday’s win moves the American to a 5-5 match record at Roland Garros, where his best previous performance is a third-round run from 2020.

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Felix & Fritz To Fire?: Second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime makes his ‘s-Hertogenbosch debut as he looks to build on a run to the fourth round at Roland Garros. Auger-Aliassime is a two-time tour-level finalist on grass, falling just short of the title in Stuttgart in 2019 and 2021.

In contrast, Taylor Fritz has fond memories of his only championship match on the surface. The 24-year-old American won his maiden ATP Tour title on the lawns in Eastbourne in 2019. Fritz fell in the second round in ‘s-Hertogenbosch last year, but Fritz can better that performance by defeating Dutch wild card Tim Van Rijthoven or a qualifier in his opening match.

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