Taylor Fritz
Fritz says Grand Slam remaining run is ‘repeatable’
American displays positively on his two weeks in New York
September 09, 2024
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Taylor Fritz as much as fifth spot within the PIF ATP Reside Race To Turin after his run to the US Open remaining
By ATP Employees
Recent from the expertise of his first Grand Slam remaining, Taylor Fritz is assured that it received’t be his final.
Regardless of his failed quest to turn out to be the US’ first Grand Slam champion since Andy Roddick triumphed at Flushing Meadows in 2003, the Californian believes that he’s able to comparable deep runs sooner or later.
“It’s a nice feeling to have gotten so far, figuring out that I am taking part in properly, however I am taking part in very inside myself, and I really feel prefer it’s repeatable,” he shared.
Fritz fell to World No. 1 Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 after a robust run to his first main remaining, that included wins over Prime 10 stars Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud.
“I believe the largest factor is that I performed stable this week, however I performed very inside myself. I do not suppose I at any level, was, like, wow, I am taking part in unimaginable, or I am taking part in out of my thoughts,” he mentioned.
“I do know that there is nonetheless plenty of room for enchancment. And one thing I’ve mentioned all through my total profession, whether or not it is once I received my first ATP level or I received my first challenger or I made my first spherical of 16 or no matter it’s, I’ve all the time mentioned as soon as I do one thing as soon as, I simply really feel much more assured in with the ability to do it once more.”
Fritz was fast to reward Sinner, who now leads the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head collection 2-1. Sinner dominated the match, leaving Fritz no alternative to stage a comeback.
“He’s the perfect participant on this planet proper now. My plan A will not be working. The plan B that I fall again on would usually be identical to bringing every part in, being a little bit bit safer, grinding it out,” he mentioned.
“That works, together with my serve, in opposition to plenty of different gamers, however in opposition to him, I attempted to type of deliver it down, not be as aggressive, and he is simply gonna bully me a little bit bit an excessive amount of.”
He additionally acknowledged that Sinner was a considerably improved participant since they first performed one another within the spherical of 16 at Indian Wells in 2021. “I might discover myself in plenty of return video games simply off of his first serve. I felt like I might get myself in factors off of his first serve each time. Then it was a lot simpler to harm him from the bottom, as properly. So he is a lot sooner, quite a bit higher out of the corners. His serve is actually good now.”
Fritz mentioned that he wasn’t overwhelmed by taking part in in a Grand Slam remaining, claiming that he was extra nervous for the all-American semi-final with Frances Tiafoe on Friday night time.
“I used to be very, nervous going into the semi-final. I did not really feel wherever close to as nervous going into this match as I did within the semis,” Fritz mentioned.
“So I assumed emotionally, it is clearly the US Open remaining, I need to win it, it is a actually massive second. However I felt like emotionally I used to be going to be okay, as a result of I knew it wasn’t going to be as unhealthy because it was earlier than my semi-final match, and I discovered a option to get by means of that.”
The 26-year-old beat No. 8 Casper Ruud and No. 4 Alexander Zverev on his option to the ultimate. He was blissful along with his greatest run at a serious but in addition confirmed his disappointment and bittersweet emotions after the loss.
“There’s clearly plenty of positives, and once I get a while to chill down, then I will be blissful about the truth that I made it to the finals and stuff like that.
“However proper now I am fairly disenchanted in how plenty of issues on the court docket (went), how I performed, how I hit sure pictures. It sucks. I am fairly upset with how I performed. I really feel like I virtually let lots of people down.”
Fritz will now deal with representing Workforce World on the Laver Cup in Berlin from 20-22 September. He has a 44-17 win/loss file for the season. He additionally jumped to fifth place within the PIF ATP Reside Race To Turin as he appears to be like to return to the Nitto ATP Finals for the second time.
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