At the Delray Beach Open
Fritz beat Paul 6-2, 6-3 on Monday to become the second player in tournament history to win the event two years in a row, joining Jason Stoltenberg, who achieved the feat in 1996 and 1997. Today was due to rain and it had been windy all week, but Fritz persevered.
Paul was trying to win a title for the second week in a row after winning the Dallas Open last week. The 26-year-old has won seven of his past eight matches.
At 3-3 in the second set, Paul spent more than 15 minutes trying to break Fritz’s serve. But Fritz held on as he did throughout the match. He saved all seven break points he faced in the encounter as per Infosys ATP stats.
The top seed then broke Paul’s serve in the next game and held on to the championship.