he Masters 1000 in Shanghai He will host his penultimate game this Saturday, when Serbia Novak Djokovic (4th) and the American Taylor Fritz (7th) battle in the third turn of center court for a place in the final.
Fritz will look for his first win against Djokovic to reach his second Masters 1000 final. EPA
After bringing out his inner fire to defeat the Czech Jakub Mensik (65°), the former world number 1, 6-7, 6-1 and 6-4, who dedicated a warm message to the Spaniard Rafael Nadal (158 °), sent his 408 wins in the prestigious category, 38th in Chinese cementto enter ninth time among the top four of the competition, in which it was previously announced in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018,
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For his part, the Californian, 26 years old and owner of eight titles, registered another convincing performance by getting rid of the Frenchman Terence Atmane (161st), the Japanese Yosuke Watanuki (336th), the Danish Holger Rune (14th) and the Belgian David Goffin (66th) in straight sets to gain access to the the fifth time for the previous case of Masters 1000 definitionin second place in the current season, after failing against Russian Andrey Rublev (6th) in Madrid.
It should be noted that the record among themselves mostly related to the legendary Balkans, which prevailed in nine games before thatproduct of celebrations in Monte-Carlo 2019, Madrid 2019, Australian Open 2021 and 2024, Rome 2021, Paris 2021, ATP Finals 2022, Cincinnati 2023 and US Open 2023, losing only three sets.
The duel between Djokovic and Fritz will start this Saturday in the third round of the Main Court, no earlier than 07:30 (ARG/CHI), 05:30 (COL/PER) and 04:30 (MEX).
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