(Stuttgart) Qualifier Marton Fucsovics upset Taylor Fritz 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open.
Fritz, seeded No. 8, found himself on the heels in the first game of the match, during which he was broken. Fucsovics scored his second break of the match at 5-5 in the second set, before closing the books on his fourth match point.
Fucsovics will face another American in the semi-finals: third-seeded Frances Tiafoe is the highest-ranked player still in the tournament following a 6-7 (6), 7-6 ( 4), 6-2 at the expense of Lorenzo Musetti.
Tiafoe reaches the semi-finals of a grass-court tournament for the first time.
The other two quarter-finals oppose Hubert Hurkacz to Christopher O’Connell, as well as Richard Gasquet to Jan-Lennard Struff.
