 Taylor Fritz vs. Kasparud. It's the second match of the group stage for these guys and both guys had upsets in their first round matches. Fritz started the year off as the number 23 player in the world and after capturing the biggest title of his life in Indian Wells, rocketed into the top 10 before settling at number nine in the world to get into the finals. His regular season record was 43 wins 19 losses winning three titles from the three finals that he's played including Indian Wells, which is the biggest title of his career. He also won an Eastbourne and in Tokyo a few months ago. His best win was against Rafa Nadal, the number four in the world at the time at Indian Wells in that final. So Indian Wells a massive moment there for Fritz in his career and his worst loss was actually at the US Open losing to a qualifier ranked 303 in the world, fellow American Holt. So a big upset there for Fritz from what has been a phenomenal season. Kasparud started the season off at number eight in the world and with two Grand Slam finals had a chance to be world number one but ended up peeking at world number two just after the US Open for selling down to number four in the world to get into these finals. Root season record was 48 wins 20 losses again very active on the tour which included three titles from six finals two of those finals being the US Open and the French Open and the three titles he won all clay court events in Gestard, Buenos Aires and Geneva. His best win of the season was against the number four in the world at the time it's Vera in Miami a tournament that he ended up making the final of and his worst loss of the season was against the number 229 in the world Shelton in Cincinnati was a huge upset. These guys have actually never played before which is really strange because they're both sort of growing up in the same generation Fritz is only a couple years older than Root but they've never crossed paths on the professional tour. If Fritz is gonna win this one he's gonna have to be aggressive and serve well like he did against Rafa. He's gonna have to push Root around just like he did against Rafa and not let Root get on the baseline and play strong and get everything back. He's gonna have to be patient as well because we know Root does get everything back. If Root's gonna win this one he needs to serve well and really drag out these rallies. The longer the rally goes the better it's gonna be for Root and because we know Fritz does get a little impatient and he might get a little frustrated as well so Root is gonna have to drag these rallies out as long as possible. This is gonna be a very fun matchup. We've never seen these guys play before and they're both coming off very impressive first match wins against two guys that I guess we all expected to win their first matches but I'm gonna go with Root to win this one because I think Root maybe is a little bit underestimated this tournament. He did make the semi-finals last year and I think Fritz coming off that Rafa win. He's gonna have a bit of a letdown I think Root's gonna win this one in three sets, but let me know down in the comments below. Who do you think is gonna win this match?