Back in the 2023 Monte Carlo Masters, Taylor Fritz was set to face Andrey Rublev in a semi-final match-up. Then, the American won the opening set 7-5 to frustrate Rublev to the point that his bathroom break turned into a chaotic, angry outburst on himself. He threw water bottles and yelled at himself as if he had already lost the game. As a result, Rublev took the second set 6-1 to seal the match with a 6-3 game decider. History has wicked ways to repeat itself. For Taylor Fritz, thankfully, it almost didn’t happen today.

In the breezy Toronto court, Fritz came out firing three aces to win the first set 6-3. However, the Russian returned in the second set. But Fritz stopped him on the way to earn the match’s first eight points with two aces and a serve to tie the score to 4-4. To stay ali

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