MIAMI: lejandro Davidovich Fokina ended Taylor Fritz´s bid for a third straight Delray Beach ATP title on Friday, beating the top-seed American 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5) in the quarter-finals.
Spain´s Davidovich, ranked 60th in the world, shook off a break of serve as he served for the match in the 12th game of the second set to seal it in the tiebreaker.
The two had traded multiple breaks in the opening set, but after taking the first tiebreaker Davidovich ratcheted up the pressure with a break in the second game of the second set.