June 20 (Reuters) - French Open ⁠champion Alexander Zverev's run at the Halle Open was cut ⁠short after he was beaten 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 by Taylor ‌Fritz in the semi-finals on Saturday, while Frances Tiafoe cruised past Daniel Altmaier to set up an all-American final.

The third-ranked German, a finalist at Halle in 2016 ​and 2017, entered the match with a poor ⁠recent record against Fritz, ⁠having lost his previous six meetings with the American.

He made a strong ⁠start, ‌securing an early break, but Fritz responded to force a tiebreak, which Zverev won.

Fritz hit back in the second ⁠set, turning the momentum decisively in his favour by ​winning 12 consecutive ‌points and levelling the match. In the decider, both players ⁠were locked in ​a tense battle before Fritz produced a late break to seal victory and book his place in the final.

The 28-year-old struck 19 aces and ⁠won 87% of his first-serve points to ​snap Zverev’s 10-match winning streak.

"I felt like I played a good tiebreak (in the first set) and I felt I got a little unlucky with ⁠some bounce and he played some really good points and took one on my serve and that was it," Fritz said.

"I felt like he was struggling with something. I am not sure what it ​was. I felt like I felt better ⁠than he did so that was what I needed to tell myself ​to go to work."

Tiafoe dispatched Germany’s Altmaier ‌with ease, breezing through the opening ​set before sealing a 6-1 6-3 victory.

(Reporting by Karan Prashant Saxena in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond and Pritha Sarkar)