Eastbourne 2024: Taylor Fritz vs Aleksandar Vukic preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds and pick | Rothesay International
Match Details
Fixture: (1) Taylor Fritz vs (LL) Aleksandar Vukic
Date: Friday, June 28
Tournament: Rothesay International 2024
Round: Semifinal
Venue: Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Grass (Outdoors)
Prize Money: $922,573
Live Telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Tennis Channel & BBC TV | Canada - DAZN
Taylor Fritz vs Aleksandar Vukic preview
Top seed Taylor Fritz is set to lock horns with an in-form Aleksandar Vukic in a tantalizing semi-final encounter at the 2024 Rothesay International on Friday, June 28.
Fritz opened his campaign in Eastbourne with a nervy 7-6(4), 6-3 win over Thiago Seyboth Wild in the second round after receiving a bye in the first. He then took on Juncheng Shang in the quarterfinals. The match saw no breaks of serve, with both players excelling from the back of the court. It was Fritz, however, who played the bigger points better courtesy of some blistering ball-striking, to seal an emphatic 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) victory.
Vukic, on the contrary, kicked off his Eastbourne campaign in the qualifiers. He beat Antoine Bellier in his opener but succumbed to Yoshihito Nishioka in the following round. He still made it to the main draw, thanks to a player withdrawal despite losing his last match.
Vukic picked up a routine 6-2, 6-4 win over Hungarian starlet Fabian Marozsan in the opening round. He carried that momentum in his second-round encounter against third seed Alexander Bublik, sealing another comfortable 6-4, 6-4 victory. Vukic and Nishioka went up against each other for a second time in the week in the quarterfinals, with Vukic coming out on top in three sets 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) and avenging his defeat in the qualifiers.
Taylor Fritz vs Aleksandar Vukic head-to-head
Taylor Fritz leads Aleksandar Vukic 1-0 in their head-to-head, winning their only previous encounter 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-4 in the final of the 2023 Atlanta Open.
Taylor Fritz vs Aleksandar Vukic odds
(Odds sourced from BetMGM)
Taylor Fritz vs Aleksandar Vukic prediction
A blockbuster semifinal clash is on the cards for fans in Eastbourne as Taylor Fritz and Aleksandar Vukic prepare to fight it out for a spot in the summit clash.
Fritz has impressed on the grass this year and continues to do so at the Rothesay International. Yet to drop a set, he continues to dominate on serve and excel at the net. Vukic too has been incredibly strong on serve which has started becoming his more reliable weapon. Bar the hiccup to Nishioka in the qualifiers, the Aussie has won four matches in Eastbourne so far this year and has managed to
Fritz should comfortably make it through his encounter against Vukic en route to his third final of the season. He's looked excellent from both wings at the back of the court and will be hard to stop if he continues serving in the same rich vein of form. Vukic will not only be at the top of his mark on serve but also have to create early inroads on the Fritz serve should he want to proceed.
Pick: Fritz in straight sets.