As for Fritz, the American defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Saturday to reach the BOSS Open final. The American player is more comfortable on grass, with three titles in Eastbourne (2019, 2022, 2024) to show for it., Fritz has also got the better of Zverev in their past four meetings. This includes the Nitto ATP semi-finals last year.

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) -German top seed Alexander Zverev took out American third seed Ben Shelton with a 7-6(8) 7-6(1) victory in the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open on Saturday to set up a showdown with Taylor Fritz.

Competing in Stuttgart for the first time since 2019, world no. 3 Alexander Zverev is through to his 39th ATP final. The home favorite faced newly-promoted top-10 player Ben Shelton in the semi-final.