Fritz overcomes Zverev to set up Halle showpiece with compatriot Tiafoe

[p]The third-ranked German, a finalist at Halle in ‌2016 and 2017, entered the match with a ‌poor recent record against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fritz-taylor/UH09iaZ6/"]Fritz[/a], having lost his previous six meetings with the American.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/fritz-t-UH09iaZ6/zverev-a-dGbUhw9m/?mid=xQKDF2bt"]He made a strong ‌start[/a], securing an early break, but ⁠Fritz responded to ‌force a tiebreak, which [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zverev-alexander/dGbUhw9m/"]Zverev[/a] won.[/p][p]Fritz hit back in ​the second set, turning the momentum decisively in his favour by winning 12 ​consecutive points and levelling the match.[/p][p]In the decider, both players were locked in a ⁠tense battle before ​Fritz produced a late break to seal victory and book his place in the final.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="8352c785-e294-4f2c-af17-435740ebd296" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="67d41d58-8144-42e0-b6f9-1a809fd28f76" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]The 28-year-old struck 19 aces and won 87% of his ‌first-serve points to snap Zverev’s 10-match winning streak.[/p][p][b]"I felt like I played a good tiebreak (in the first set) and I felt I got a little unlucky with some bounce and he played some really good points and took one on my serve, and that was it,"[/b] Fritz said.[/p][p][b]"I felt like he was struggling ‌with something. I am not sure what ​it was. I felt like I felt better ‌than he did, so that was what I needed to tell myself to go to work."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tiafoe-frances/AHDLJaph/"]Tiafoe[/a] dispatched Germany’s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/altmaier-daniel/IPR8h9gM/"]Altmaier[/a] with ease, breezing through the opening set before sealing ⁠[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/altmaier-d-IPR8h9gM/tiafoe-f-AHDLJaph/?mid=zX6he5nI"]a 6-1, 6-3 ⁠victory.[/a][/p][embed guid="255b517a-49cb-41f9-8c9f-db8d3e679d3d" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSKim3bF48Q" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/fritz-t-UH09iaZ6/tiafoe-f-AHDLJaph/?mid=OMMwJQTI"]Follow the Halle final with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]