Taylor Fritz exacts revenge on Ben Shelton to book spot in Halle last four

[p]World number nine [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fritz-taylor/UH09iaZ6/"]Fritz[/a] won [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/fritz-t-UH09iaZ6/shelton-b-QNuG0Gzb/?mid=4EcAb0Ra"]6-7(5), 7-6(8), 7-6(3)[/a] in two hours and 45 minutes in the traditional Wimbledon warm-up ATP event.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shelton-ben/QNuG0Gzb/"]Shelton[/a], the world number five, beat the 29-year-old Fritz to claim his first career title on grass in the Stuttgart ATP tournament last Sunday.[/p][p]It was a battle between the two American big servers; neither player was broken throughout the match, with each set win coming through tiebreaks.[/p][embed guid="f0429adb-31e9-4d12-b0b0-6a505f46fe0d" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Iz_L62i5g" social-type="youtube" /][p]Shelton triumphed in the opening set. Fritz, a career grass court specialist, fought back to claim the second, saving a match point to force a deciding set.[/p][p]Shelton fell to the grass midway through the third set and limped back to his bench, but was able to continue.[/p][p]Fritz grew more confident as the match went on and was in control to win the third and final tiebreak.[/p][p]Fritz will face either French Open champion and top seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zverev-alexander/dGbUhw9m/"]Alexander Zverev[/a] or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/collignon-raphael/xzJGXJ6t/"]Raphael Collingon[/a] in the final four.[/p][p]Later on Friday, world number four [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/auger-aliassime-felix/CzXh4LAb/"]Felix Auger Aliassime[/a] plays [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tiafoe-frances/AHDLJaph/"]Frances Tiafoe[/a] and fourth seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/medvedev-daniil/O8qG0Nhb/"]Daniil Medvedev[/a] faces [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/altmaier-daniel/IPR8h9gM/"]Daniel Altmaier[/a] in the remaining quarter-finals.[/p]