Fritz ousts Zverev in first round, Tsitsipas advances in Basel


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 23 Oct 2019

Tennis - Laver Cup - Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland - September 22, 2019 Team World's Taylor Fritz in action during his singles match against Team Europe's Dominic Thiem REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

(Reuters) - American Taylor Fritz notched up his fourth top 10 win of the year when he upset German second seed Alexander Zverev 7-6(7) 6-4 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors championship in Basel on Tuesday.

Fritz fired 14 aces, won 85% of his first service points and needed to convert only one break point in the second set to dispatch the German in straight sets.

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