In the Toronto nightcap, Taylor Fritz<\/a> edged Jiri Lehecka<\/a> 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 7-6(5) in a dramatic match in which neither player lost a service game. Across nearly three hours, Fritz saved all nine break points against him while Lehecka saved five, according to Infosys ATP Stats.<\/p>\n Fritz escaped 0\/40 at 5-6 in the opening set before Lehecka dug out of the same hole at 0-1 in the third set. After fighting off a final break point to hold for 4-3 in the decider, the American closed out the victory by winning five of the last six points from 2\/4 in the deciding tie-break, improving to 4-0 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series.<\/p>\n While Fritz struggled at times to find the court with his aggressive game, finishing with 48 errors, he found a way through to the quarter-finals behind a stellar serving day.<\/p>\n “I think just in the end [it was about] really accepting what was there for me tonight,” said the American, who won 82 per cent of his first-serve points. “Luckily for me, I was serving really, really well tonight. He was too. <\/p>\n “When it came down to that tie-break, I really bailed myself out with a lot of first serves, and then just trying to put balls in the court and not try any shots that, despite how badly I wanted to try to be aggressive, just be disciplined and just make the balls that I felt like I could make.”<\/p>\n The victory completed the box set of ATP Masters 1000 quarter-finals for Fritz, who is through to that stage in Canada for the first time. He is the 11th active player to reach the quarters at all nine Masters 1000s.<\/p>\n “It’s really cool,” said Fritz. “It shows the consistency on all the different tournaments and surfaces. I guess what’s next is to go for semis.” Fritz has reached the semis in six of the nine Masters 1000s, all but Rome, Cincinnati and Paris.<\/p>\n Fritz is also the fourth man to register 35 wins (35-13) this season. He also owns an 18-3 mark since June, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index, highlighted by titles in Stuttgart and Eastbourne and a run to the Wimbledon<\/a> semi-finals. The No. 4 in the PIF ATP Rankings leads all active American men with 319 tour-level wins overall, ahead of Frances Tiafoe<\/a>‘s 232 in second.<\/p>\n![\"It](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754325370_889_it-all-adds-up-banner.jpg\"\/)
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