On March 20, Beijing time, the SEMIFINALS OF THE ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters began to compete, and the No. 7 seed Rublev and the No. 20 seed Fritz met. The two have met four times before, each winning 2 of them. Today's match was very much better, he defeated Rublev in straight sets and reached the final of the Masters for the first time in his career.
Fritz love game saved the start in the first set, followed by a break to take a 2-0 lead. In the 6th set, the two fought fiercely in lubrev's serve, and Lub defused 3 break points to save serve. Fritz's serve in the 9th set was broken and Rublev trailed 5-5. In the 12th set Fritz broke in a set with no way back for his opponents and won the first set 7-5.
In the second set, in the 8th set, Rublev saved the break point to save the set, and in the 9th set Fritz defused two break points to save the set. In the 10th set, Rublev was broken in a set that had to be guaranteed, and Fritz won the second set 6-4.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 49 minutes, the 20th seed Fritz defeated the 7th seed Rublev 7-5, 6-4 to reach the final of the tournament. This is the first time Fritz has reached the final of the Masters in his career, and it is also the second time since Isner in 2012 that a local player has reached the final in the tournament. The last time a homegrown player won a cup at Indian Wells was 21 years ago in Agassi.