ATP St. Petersburg: Jan-Lennard Struff fails to Taylor Fritz
Jan-Lennard Struff failed in the semifinals of the ATP 250 event to Taylor Fritz. A strong week came to an abrupt end for the Warsteiner after winning the opening set.
by SID
last edit: Oct 30, 2021, 03:13 pm
Jan-Lennard Struff was eliminated in the semifinals of the indoor tournament in St. Petersburg and has to wait for his first title on the ATP tour. The 31-year-old Warsteiner lost 7: 5, 1: 6, 3: 6 to the fifth seed American Taylor Fritz. In the previous round, Struff had surprisingly beaten the Canadian top player Denis Shapovalov.
Against Fritz, he initially followed up on the idea, his second final on the ATP tour after the clay court tournament in Munich in May was approaching. But Fritz, who last defeated Alexander Zverev (Hamburg) in Indian Wells, improved and won the second duel with Struff after almost two hours. The German won the first in Wimbledon in 2019.