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Taylor Fritz

Fritz says Grand Slam remaining run is ‘repeatable’

American displays positively on his two weeks in New York

September 09, 2024

Recent from the expertise of his first Grand Slam remaining, Taylor Fritz is assured that it gained’t be his final.

Regardless of his failed quest to change into the US’ first Grand Slam champion since Andy Roddick triumphed at Flushing Meadows in 2003, the Californian believes that he’s able to related deep runs sooner or later.

“It’s a nice feeling to have gotten up to now, realizing 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 powerful run to his first main remaining, that included wins over Prime 10 stars Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud.

“I feel the most important factor is that I performed strong this week, however I performed very inside myself. I do not assume I at any level, was, like, wow, I am taking part in unimaginable, or I am taking part in out of my thoughts,” he stated.

“I do know that there is nonetheless a variety of room for enchancment. And one thing I’ve stated all through my complete profession, whether or not it is after I gained my first ATP level or I gained my first challenger or I made my first spherical of 16 or no matter it’s, I’ve all the time stated 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 sequence 2-1. Sinner dominated the match, leaving Fritz no alternative to stage a comeback.

“He’s the most effective participant on the planet proper now. My plan A just isn’t working. The plan B that I fall again on would usually be similar to bringing all the pieces in, being a bit of bit safer, grinding it out,” he stated.

“That works, together with my serve, in opposition to a variety of different gamers, however in opposition to him, I attempted to form of deliver it down, not be as aggressive, and he is simply gonna bully me a bit of 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 may discover myself in a variety of return video games simply off of his first serve. I felt like I may 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, so much higher out of the corners. His serve is admittedly good now.”

Fritz stated 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 evening.

“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 stated.

“So I believed emotionally, it is clearly the US Open remaining, I wish 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 solution to get by that.”

The 26-year-old beat No. 8 Casper Ruud and No. 4 Alexander Zverev on his solution to the ultimate. He was glad together with his greatest run at a serious but additionally confirmed his disappointment and bittersweet emotions after the loss.

“There’s clearly a variety of positives, and after I get a while to chill down, then I will be glad about the truth that I made it to the finals and stuff like that.

“However proper now I am fairly disenchanted in how a variety of issues on the courtroom (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 give attention to representing Workforce World on the Laver Cup in Berlin from 20-22 September. He has a 44-17 win/loss document 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.