Taylor won the biggest title of his career back in March at his home Masters in Indian Wells, beating Nadal in the deciding match. What’s more, Taylor reached the quarter-finals at Grand Slam tournaments for the first time since being on tour, confirming his unbelievable progress through the season. Nadal, meanwhile, has already won trophies at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, so he is still in contention for a calendar Grand Slam. Taylor Fritz and Rafael Nadal will face each other in the semifinals of Wimbledon. The game will start on July 6 at 17:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+5.5) for Fritz – 1.55.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 38 – 1.83.
At Wimbledon, Nadal constantly has problems with opponents who have a strong serve. If you look at Nadal’s performance statistics, you can see that he has recently lost here to Lukas Rosol, Nick Kyrgios, Justin Brown and Gilles Muller. All of these guys have a strong serve.
Fritz is all right with that as well. In addition, four months ago, he defeated Rafa at the Indian Wells Masters.
This is definitely not going to be an easy match for Nadal. Taylor has a strong serve. This will make his task much easier. Neither of these players has a real advantage. At the very least, they have to exchange winning sets.
Fritz reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career. It is certainly a major achievement for him, who is having a great season.
There is one nuance that should not be forgotten. At the current tournament, Taylor has not had a single opponent from the top 50. Undoubtedly it is difficult to play with all of them now, but he has been lucky in this respect.
So far Fritz’s most ranked opponent has been world No 51 Alex Molcan (6-4, 6-1, 7-6) to whom he has not given up a single set.
By the way, Fritz won the rest of his matches within three-set too. He quietly dealt with Lorenzo Musetti (6-4, 6-4, 6-3), Alastair Gray (6-3, 7-6, 6-3) and Jason Kubler (6-3, 6-1, 6-4).
Fritz has won his last four matches against left-handed opponents.
Nadal, meanwhile, reached the quarter-finals at the Grand Slam level for the 47th time.
On Monday, he scored a confident victory over Botiс van de Zandschulp (6-4, 6-2, 7-6). Botic only really fought back in the third set, which ended in a tie-break.
Rafa played another classy match, in which he once again impressed with his incredible concentration and ability to fight. This is truly impressive.
Nadal became the third tennis player to win his first 18 Grand Slam matches of the season.
On his way to the semifinals, he also defeated Francisco Cerundolo (6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4), Ricardas Berankis (6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3) and Lorenzo Sonego (6-1, 6-2, 6-4).
Nadal has won his last 18 matches at Grand Slam tournaments.
In 4 of Fritz’s last 6 matches, the tie-break has been played. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with the odds of 1.35.
Type of Court – Grass
Speed of Court – 7/10
Fritz’s Rating – 14
Taylor Fritz Wins/Losses in 2022 – 29/10
Nadal’s Rating – 4
Rafael Nadal Wins/Losses in 2022 – 35/4
The score in the head-to-head encounters is 1-1. Both matches were played on the open hard court. Nadal first won easily in 2020 in Acapulco (6-3, 6-2), but Fritz got his revenge in the Indian Wells Masters final this season (6-3, 7-6).
The match will be played at Center Court, Church Road, London, England, United Kingdom.
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