The representative of the United States in the men’s singles final, after a tough battle, defeated the Spaniard Rafael Jodar (ATP-15) with a score of 7:6(2), 6:4 and won his 11th career trophy on the ATP tour.
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For the 28-year-old tennis player from California, this is the biggest tournament win since 2022, when he triumphed at the Masters event in Indian Wells and the ATP 500 series tournament in Tokyo.
At the start of the second set, having created a double break advantage, T. Fritz was close to victory, but then the young Rafa returned with aggressive play and even threatened to equalize the score. However, in the tenth game, the American secured the win with his serves.
T. Fritz became only the second tennis player from his country since 2008 to win the Washington tournament. Two years ago, Sebastian Korda also achieved this.
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The tournament champion, who earned 500 ATP ranking points and nearly 462 thousand US dollars in prize money, will rise to eighth place in the ATP rankings and will once again become the best American tennis player, surpassing Ben Shelton.
Meanwhile, R. Jodar earned 330 ATP ranking points and 248 thousand US dollars. This 19-year-old talent is rising to a record 15th place in the ATP rankings, although just a year ago he was only 540th in the world.
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