Second seed Taylor Fritz kicked off his North American hard-court season in style on Thursday at the BB&T Atlanta Open, hammering 10 aces to prevail in an all-American match with qualifier Kevin King 6-2, 6-3.
Fritz raced through eight of the first 11 games en route to claiming victory in 71 minutes. The 21-year-old has been in top form, having won his first ATP Tour title last month at the Nature Valley International (d. Querrey) and reaching a career-high of No. 30 in the ATP Rankings earlier this month. Fritz awaits the winner of the #NextGenATP battle between eighth-seeded Frenchman Ugo Humbert and Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.
Third seed Alex de Minaur put on a serving clinic in dispatching American Bradley Klahn 6-4, 6-4. The #NextGenATP Aussie dropped just seven points on serve (40/47) and didn't face a break point to advance in 68 minutes. Although the 20-year-old endured a recent string of early exits on clay and grass, he’s 11-4 on hard courts this season and looked confident as he returned to his strongest surface.
Next up for him is Bernard Tomic, who scored a 6-4, 7-6(3) victory in an all-Aussie battle with Matthew Ebden. The 26-year-old Tomic scored his best win of the year by defeating fifth-seeded American Frances Tiafoe on Tuesday.
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