Mercedes Cup 2016: Thursday Tennis Scores, Results, Latest Schedule

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Published: June 9, 2016

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Roger Federer had to work hard to confirm a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 win over American teenager Taylor Fritz in the second round of the 2016 Mercedes Cup on Thursday after their match had been suspended due to rain on Wednesday.

Continuing at 4-3 ahead in his first match since missing the French Open through injury, Federer sealed the opener with some impressive serving. But he was then forced back to 1-1 before edging the decider to set up a quarter-final clash with German Florian Mayer in Stuttgart, Germany. 

Third seed Dominic Thiem also booked a last-eight spot on Thursday with a gruelling straight-sets win over Australia's Sam Groth, while Jan-Lennard Struff was dumped out by fourth seed Gilles Simon.

Here's a look at all of Thursday's results:



For the updated schedule, visit the Pro Tennis Live app.

 

Thursday Recap Federer was supreme in moving two games ahead when he and Fritz returned to the court. Some missile serves and one beautifully delicate drop shot saw him to 5-3 ahead in just a couple of minutes.

The world No. 3 then earned a pair of set points in Fritz's next service game, but the 18-year-old showed impressive composure to save them and move to 5-4 behind.

He could not regain parity, though, despite forcing his first break point of the match, and Federer inevitably claimed the opening set to take control, per Live Tennis:



The Swiss legend's level dropped somewhat in the second set, and he was not given a chance to break at any point by Fritz, who served brilliantly.

Meanwhile, Federer made a number of errors to give the American a sniff of a chance and, having got to 6-5 ahead, Fritz finally took his fourth set point after the former world No. 1 had come back from 0-40 down, per ESPN Tennis:



The youngster's serve and fantastic forehand continued to swing as he ...
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