Fognini’s title defence ended by in-form Fritz
Defending champion Fabio Fognini bowed out in the quarter-finals of the Los Cabos Open, losing to Taylor Fritz.
Fabio Fognini’s Los Cabos Open title defence came to an end with a loss to the in-form Taylor Fritz, while Guido Pella and Diego Schwartzman set up a semi-final showdown.
Fognini, last year’s champion in Mexico, bowed out in the quarter-finals with a 6-1 7-6 (7-1) defeat to Fritz on Thursday.
Fritz is coming off a run to the Atlanta Open final and got the better of Fognini to record his 12th victory in his last 14 matches.
The 21-year-old American saved five break points against Italian top seed Fognini, who had won their only previous meeting last year.
@Taylor_Fritz97 is on fire in Los Cabos!
He takes out defending champion Fabio Fognini 6-1, 7-6(1).
: @TennisTV | #ATC2019 pic.twitter.com/qFATzqlDsi
— ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) August 2, 2019
Fritz will face Radu Albot in the semi-finals after the Moldovan seventh seed beat 2017 runner-up Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3 6-3.
Pella, the second seed, edged past qualifier Kwon Soon-woo 4-6 6-1 6-2, breaking serve six times.
He will meet Schwartzman in an all-Argentinian last-four clash after the third seed crushed Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1 6-2.
@dieschwartzman is into the Los Cabos semi-finals!
He cruises past Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1, 6-2.
: @TennisTV | #ATC2019 pic.twitter.com/apMLfWbxGC
— ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) August 2, 2019
Pella and Schwartzman were the second seeds in the doubles at the tournament, but lost in the quarter-finals on Thursday.
