Taylor Fritz has just started a smooth start at the Washington Open 2025. The No. 1 seed easily surpassed Australian tennis player Aleksandar Vukic with a score of 6-3, 6-2 in only 59 minutes. This is Fritz's first match since defeat in the Wimbledon semi -final against Carlos Alcaraz earlier this month.
This match, Fritz quickly set up the advantage by leading 3-0 early in set 1, before closing the set with a score of 6-3. Sang Set Hai, he continued to lead 4-0 easily and did not face many difficulties to end the match.
This match, Fritz completely owned the game with powerful serve, accompanied by a series of accurate left hand. He scored 28 Winner points, including many impressive left -handed strings. In addition, according to statistics, the world's No. 4 player won 88% of the score from the first serve (29/33)
Sharing after the match, Fritz said: “I feel that today I play quite comprehensively, but the most prominent is definitely the left hand along the string. I often don't like that shot, but today it almost every hit scored.”
Contrary to Fritz, Daniil Medvedev had to make great efforts to overcome the extremely strong American serve player Reilly Opelka. After losing the first set, the Russian tennis player successfully came back to win dramatically with a score of 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. He took advantage of unstable in Opelka's serve in the decision set to win.
In the third round, Fritz will face the Italian player Matteo Arnaldi, who surpassed his compatriot Lorenzo Sonego. Meanwhile, Medvedev will face Wu Yibing. The Chinese player has just surprised when defeating the No. 10 Seed Alexei Popyrin with a score of 7-5, 5-7, 6-3.
