'Dark horse' Fritz soars past fellow American Kypson to reach Wimbledon third round

Taylor Fritz celebrates his win
Taylor Fritz celebrates his winREUTERS / Toby Melville

Last year's semi-finalist ⁠Taylor Fritz continued his smooth progress at Wimbledon by ‌mowing down fellow American Patrick Kypson 6-2, ‌6-2, 7-5 to make ‌the third round on Thursday and ‌remain on course for a ‌maiden Grand Slam title.

Fritz recorded his best result at the ‌All England Club 12 months ⁠ago and ‌the sixth seed followed up his ​straight-sets win over lucky loser Dusan Lajovic in ​the last round with another convincing display to emerge as a ⁠dark horse.

The ​gulf in class on Court Two became evident early as Fritz eased through the opening ‌two stanzas with minimum fuss, but the 28-year-old encountered a lot more resistance from world number 113 Kypson in the third set.

After losing a six-deuce game to let Kypson off the hook and draw level ‌at 4-4, Fritz shifted gears ​again in the 12th game ‌to close out the victory and book a meeting with either Canadian Gabriel Diallo or Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the ⁠next ⁠round.

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