Ninth seed Taylor Fritz wasted no time on Arthur Ashe Stadium, sweeping past Italy’s Mattia Bellucci 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 to reach the Round of 32 at the US Open. The American controlled the hard court from the first games, winning 89 points to 46 and taking 18 of 20 games. It was a clean, clinical display built on dominant serving and an even sharper return. For full match data and the Sofascore Rating, visit the Sofascore match page and the US Open, Men tournament hub.

Serve dominance set the tone

Fritz’s serve was the platform. He fired 11 aces to Bellucci’s 3 and committed just 1 double fault to the Italian’s 4. While the first-serve percentage was solid rather than flashy for the American at 63% compared to Bellucci’s 55%, the gap showed up where it matters most. Fritz won 86% of his first-serve points and 62% behind the second ball. Bellucci managed 51% and 29% in those same categories, a spread that explains why service games went by quickly for the No. 9 seed.

The American protected his delivery throughout, facing three break points in the match and saving all three. He held 10 of 10 service games, a perfect slate on the Arthur Ashe hard court. Bellucci, by contrast, held just 2 of 10 service games as pressure mounted. A telling note from sets two and three: Fritz did not miss a first serve in either set, going 21 of 21 and 15 of 15 respectively. When you land every first serve, rallies get shorter and evenings get easier.

Relentless returning and conversion

As impressive as the serve was, Fritz’s return doing the heavy lifting made the scoreline possible. He won 46 return points to Bellucci’s 13, flipping service games on command. Against the first serve, Fritz claimed 48% of return points overall, and against the second he took 71%. The Italian found little relief on either delivery and never built a run of holds.

Break-point conversion tells the same story. Fritz converted 8 break opportunities, and Bellucci converted none. The Italian did save 7 of 15 break points faced, but survival mode only goes so far when the returner keeps producing. In the opening set, Fritz won 16 of 26 points returning first serve and cashed 3 breaks. In set two he was perfect against the second serve at 5 of 5, adding two more breaks. The third set repeated the theme with 16 of 26 points won against first serves and three additional breaks. The American also posted the match’s longest run with a maximum of 8 points in a row, underlining his control of momentum.

Winners vs errors: clean hitting from Fritz

From the baseline, Fritz mixed pace and margin effectively. He produced 28 total winners to Bellucci’s 8, with the forehand doing the main damage at 16 winners to 2. Groundstroke winners tilted 15 to 3, and even at net the American matched Bellucci 2 to 2 on volley winners. With that output, he rarely needed to go for broke on the backhand side.

On the error count, Bellucci’s backhand proved costly. In the Errors category, the Italian recorded 20 backhand errors and 19 forehand errors, while Fritz logged 7 and 8 respectively. Groundstroke errors finished 38 for Bellucci against 15 for Fritz, showing how the American kept his rally tolerance high. Interestingly, unforced errors were identical at 21 apiece, but the difference came from how Fritz balanced risk with reward. When the American pulled the trigger, it turned into winners far more often. When Bellucci pressed, it tended to become a short point the other way.

Set-by-set: how the scoreline unfolded

The 6-0 opener was built on a perfect mix of resilience and strike-first returning. Fritz saved all 3 break points he faced in the set and converted 3 of his own. Even though Bellucci landed 87% of first serves in that stretch, Fritz still won 61% of those return points, a high number against a left-hander serving well. The American’s first-serve points won sat at 73% and he added 60% behind the second ball, keeping scoreboards tame.

Set two finished 6-1 with an eye-catching number: Fritz went 21 of 21 on first serves. He then won 81% of those first-serve points and never had to defend a break point. On return, he won all 5 points faced against Bellucci’s second serve and converted two more breaks. The third set again read 6-1 and again featured 100% first-serve accuracy for Fritz at 15 of 15. He won 80% of first-serve points, broke three times, and faced no break points. By that stage the return patterns were set, and every service game from the Italian felt uphill.

What it means for the US Open draw

This was the Round of 64 in the US Open, Men, and Fritz’s straight-sets win sends him into the Round of 32 with very little mileage spent. A 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 margin on an outdoor hard court at Arthur Ashe Stadium will not go unnoticed in a Grand Slam week. The serving numbers give him a strong base, especially that 86% first-serve points won across the match. The return figures are arguably more encouraging for the matches ahead, with 48% won on first-serve returns and 71% on second serves taken.

From Bellucci’s side, the left-hander met a top seed who was precise in every department. He did well to save seven break points, but 15 faced across 10 service games is a heavy load. The Italian’s winners never reached double digits and the backhand errors piled up under constant pressure. For Fritz, the balance between winners and controlled errors looked exactly right for a Slam setting. Fans can dive deeper into the rallies, service patterns and the Sofascore Rating on the Sofascore event page. Keep following Sofascore for live scores, draw updates and in-match stats across the ATP action in New York.