Fritz is still riding the wave. The United States and Italy will be decided in the double

The American Taylor Fritz Defeated in ambush, 7-6 (8) and 6-3 Italian Lorenzo Musetti In the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup and the equal tie would be decided by the doubles pairs Tommy Paul / Jack Sock and Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini.Previously, Lorenzo Sonego had defeated Francis Tiafoe 6-3, 7-6 (7). Fritz, on paper, is the fittest player in Malagaafter playing the semi-finals of the Masters Tournament in Turin And he lost to Novak Djokovic in two tiebreaks, he faced some difficulties to settle in the confrontation and win the first round, but in the second he played high-level tennis that gave the point to the team led by Mardy Fish. One of the hopes of the Italian Academy, Musetti with a subtle touch and academic tennis, with that beautiful one-handed backhand, first seen in these finals. It was a quick score game, in front of a boisterous crowd, on a school visits day in the ward. Martin Carbina.Fritz had a set point to come back in the first set, but ultimately couldn’t avoid a tiebreaker, the fourth of these finals. It was a long tiebreaker, 10-8, and its score was reached after two set pieces each. Neither shone until three straight points from ninth in the world gave him the group, and Musetti, who started this year 59th in the standings and now ranks 23rd, was unable to respond in the next set. Fritz broke with a score of 3-2 and was consolidating the advantage without problems. The winner of this showdown will face the winner of the Canada-Germany semi-final match, which will also be held on Thursday. Two semi-finalists have already been decided: Australiathat have been eliminated Holland, s Croatiawho defeated Spain.