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Fritz Heads American Charge: Another former champion, Taylor Fritz, leads a strong squad of Americans in Eastbourne. The World No. 14 fell at the first hurdle in ‘s-Hertogenbosch and London but the third seed arrives with a 21-10 record for the season as he seeks his second title of 2022 at a tournament where he lifted the trophy in 2019.

Fritz is joined in the draw by countrymen Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe, Sebastian Korda and Jenson Brooksby, as well as fifth seed Reilly Opelka, who opens against another American in Maxime Cressy.

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Felix, Schwartzman & Fritz To Join Federer & Nadal At Laver Cup

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Three of six spots on Team World roster claimed
The first three members of Team World have been confirmed for the 2022 Laver Cup, to be held at The O2 in London from 23-25 September 2022.

Felix Auger-Aliassime, Taylor Fritz and Diego Schwartzman will join John McEnroe's squad, giving Team World the top player in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings from Canada, the United States and Argentina.

All three players have represented Team World in previous Laver Cups. Both Auger-Aliassime and Fritz are making their second appearances, while Schwartzman returns for his third showing.

“These are tough competitors each with a track record now of beating the best and winning titles at the highest level,” McEnroe said. “They also understand Laver Cup competition and how matches can swing so easily. We have been extremely close to pulling off a Team World victory in four attempts and will have an excellent chance with Felix, Taylor and Diego on the team.”


World No. 9 Auger-Aliassime entered the Top 10 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings for the first time in January and won the first ATP Tour title of his young career in Rotterdam in February. The 21-year-old made his Laver Cup debut against Matteo Berrettini last year in Boston, where he fell just short in a Match Tie-break in a two-hour, 52-minute match — the longest in the competition's history.

“I’m excited to be returning for Team World,” Auger-Aliassime said. “Boston was a great first experience of Laver Cup and the atmosphere was very special. One year on, I feel confident that I can win points for Team World this time around.”

Indian Wells champion Fritz competed in the 2019 Laver Cup in Geneva, where he beat then-world No. 5 Dominic Thiem in what he called "one of the biggest wins of my career".

“I thrive in a team environment and Laver Cup really brings out the best in me," said the World No. 14.

Schwartzman, a two-time ATP Tour finalist this season, has previously suited up for Team World in Chicago in 2018 and Boston in 2021.

“I have great memories of playing Laver Cup and forming such strong bonds with my teammates," added Schwartzman. "I can’t wait to take part this year at The O2. The atmosphere will be out of this world."

Under Laver Cup rules, the three highest-ranked players from Europe and the world on the qualification date (6 June) are invited to compete on the six-man teams. The remaining three places are held for captains’ picks.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have been confirmed for Team Europe, with more player announcements to be made in the coming weeks.

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Joining Paul in the quarter-finals is his countryman Taylor Fritz, with whom he teamed to reach the doubles semi-finals last week at The Queen's Club. The Eastbourne third seed scored a 7-5, 6-3 decision against Thiago Monteiro.

The reigning Indian Wells champion picked up his first grass-court win of the 2022 season on his third attempt, getting back on track after upset losses to Tim van Rijthoven in 's-Hertogenbosch and Jack Draper at The Queen's Club.

Fritz, who saved a pair of break points early in the match, was in fine form on serve, winning 88 per cent (29/33) of his first-serve points.

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Fritz, Cressy Set All-American Final In Eastbourne

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Fritz tops De Minaur, Cressy downs Draper in semi-finals
Taylor Fritz showed great resiliency to move past Alex de Minaur Friday at the Rothesay International. In a 6-1, 7-6(5), 6-3 victory, the American was on course to run away with the match as he created two break points in the opening game of set two, but needed to dig deep to regroup for a final set.

The 2019 Eastbourne champion was at his best when dictating rallies behind booming serves and roped returns, but the scrappy De Minaur sunk his teeth into the match in the second set and found joy by dragging his opponent into longer rallies. After De Minaur locked down the tie-break with his water-tight ground game, Fritz freed up in the decider as he powered his way into the final.

"It's amazing," Fritz said of his return to the final. "I was having a bit of a rough start coming back from injury to the grass season, and then I came here and the first day I was here I just immediately felt like i was playing good tennis again. I just have a lot of confidence being here, obviously great memories, so I'm really excited to come back out and play for the title again."

The American bowed out in his opening match at both 's-Hertengobosch and Queen's Club before finding form this week.

Fritz did not drop serve in the semi-final, saving three break points in each of the first two sets before closing out the match behind a dominant serving performance in the decider. He finished with 13 aces and 35 winners after two hours and two minutes.

After improving to 3-3 in his ATP Head2Head series against De Minaur, Fritz will open his series with countryman Maxime Cressy in Saturday's final.

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