Americans Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz will play Sunday in the final of the ATP 500 tournament in Tokyo after Saturday’s victory.

Frances TiafoePhoto: Adrian DENNIS / AFP / Profimedia

Frances Tiafoe vs Taylor Fritz in the ATP Finals in Tokyo

Tiafoe (favorite 3) overcame South Korean Kwon Sun-woo (120 ATP) in the semifinals, 6-2, 0-6, 6-4. The match lasted one hour and 36 minutes.

Fritz (seeded No. 3) took two hours and 15 minutes to defeat Canadian Denis Shapovalov (22 ATP), 6-3, (5)6-7, 6-3.

Know:

  • The last American to win the tournament in Japan was Pete Sampras in 1996.
  • Tiafoe (19 ATP) and Fritz (11 ATP) have met five times on the ATP circuit, with Taylor leading 4-1.

The ATP Tokyo (Rakuten Open) is contested on hard, is part of the ATP 500 category, has a total prize pool of $1,953,285, and was last won (in 2019) by Novak Djokovic.

Results of the semi-finals of the ATP Tokyo