
Being on par with Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal in any statistic means you are doing things right in your tennis career. Twenty-seven-year-old American Taylor Fritz has reached the level of both legends by being the only player, after them, to advance through the first two rounds of the Australian Open while conceding fewer games. Nadal lost only four games in his first two matches of the 2011 edition, whereas Federer only dropped six in 2008. As for Fritz, he lost five games against Jenson Brooksby (6-2 6-0 6-3) and three against Christian Garín (6-2 6-1 6-0), making a total of eight.
8 - Since 1988, when the Australian Open moved to Melbourne Park, only Rafael Nadal in 2011 (4) and Roger Federer in 2008 (6) have dropped fewer games than Taylor Fritz in 2025 (8) to make the Men's Singles R3 at the event - excl. W/O. Rolling.#AO2025 | @AustralianOpen @atptour pic.twitter.com/Nvu5iESCC9
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) January 16, 2025
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