Alexander Zverev produced a dominant display to end his dismal losing streak against an injured Taylor Fritz and reach his first Wimbledon semi-final.<\/p>\n
The second seed had lost his previous seven encounters with Fritz and trailed 10-5 in their head-to-head 10-5, which included two defeats at the All England Club.<\/p>\n
But with the American hampered by a knee injury, Zverev capitalised with a near-perfect performance to claim a 6-4 6-4 6-2 victory on Court One – his first win over Fritz in over two years.<\/p>\n
A month after winning his maiden Grand Slam singles title at the French Open, Zverev is now only two wins away from a second major trophy and the German held his arms aloft after securing victory in just under two hours.<\/p>\n
“He has been beating me for two years straight and I’m very happy to be in the semi-finals after finally getting a win,” Zverev said.<\/p>\n
“Of course it’s in the back of your mind that you haven’t beaten an opponent for more than two years, he has beaten you a lot of times in a row. <\/p>\n
“That is always something you have in your mind, but today I knew I had to play a flawless match, I had to play an almost perfect match to have a chance and I felt like I did that today.”<\/p>\n