Titletown Taylor: Fritz captures third Eastbourne crown
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a completed his Eastbourne hat-trick Saturday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/eastbourne/741/overview'Rothesay International/a, where the American became the first three-time champion in tournament history./p
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The 26-year-old did not lose a set en route to his eighth tour-level title, defeating Australian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/max-purcell/ph71/overview'Max Purcell/a 6-4, 6-3 in the final. Fritz dropped just four points behind his first serve in the title match, according to Infosys ATP Stats./p[ATP APP]
p"I'm pumped. I always feel like I play well here," said Fritz, who won Eastbourne in 2019 and 2022. "I kind of just had that feeling coming into the week as well. I did a great job."/p
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Fritz relied on his booming serve and aggressive play to twice dig out of a 0/30 hole in the opening set. The top seed earned a decisive break at 5-4, with Purcell double faulting down set point. Fritz struck the ball cleanly and remained the more consistent player in baseline rallies, winning 12 consecutive points from 2-2 in the second set. /pblockquote class="twitter-tweet"p lang="en" dir="ltr"The first-ever 3x CHAMPION in Eastbourne ????brbr2019 ????br2022 ????br2024 ????a href="https://twitter.com/Taylor_Fritz97?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@Taylor_Fritz97/a | a href="https://twitter.com/the_LTA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@the_LTA/a | a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RothesayInternational?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#RothesayInternational/a a href="https://t.co/AGglUx0JqI"pic.twitter.com/AGglUx0JqI/a/pmdash; ATP Tour (@atptour) a href="https://twitter.com/atptour/status/1807069635214201225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"June 29, 2024/a/blockquote script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"/script
pThe California native closed the one-hour, 10-minute final on his fourth match point and improved to 2-0 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with the qualifier Purcell, who was competing in his first tour-level final. Fritz was unbroken all week at the ATP 250, saving all five break points he faced./p
pFritz, who also won Delray Beach in February, has earned multiple titles in a single season for the third consecutive year. He is up one spot to No. 12 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, reclaiming American No. 1 honours./pblockquote class="twitter-tweet"p lang="en" dir="ltr"Another USA title on grass ????????a href="https://twitter.com/Taylor_Fritz97?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@Taylor_Fritz97/a with a high Serve a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShotQuality?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#ShotQuality/a to help create a high a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InAttack?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#InAttack/a score ????a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShotQuality?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#ShotQuality/a is calculated in real-time by analysing each shot#39;s speed, spin, depth, width, and the impact it has on the opponenta href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TennisInsights?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#TennisInsights/a | a href="https://twitter.com/atptour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@atptour/a… a href="https://t.co/KwzhRGFIwf"pic.twitter.com/KwzhRGFIwf/a/pmdash; Tennis Insights (@tennis_insights) a href="https://twitter.com/tennis_insights/status/1807071808409002110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"June 29, 2024/a/blockquote script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"/script