Taylor Fritz entered his third Wimbledon quarterfinals, continuing his performance on the grass with a dominant (if abbreviated) performance. Fifth Seed American Leads Australia’s Jordan Thompson 6-1,,,,, 3-0 Thompson suffered a leg injury before he was forced to retire.
Even though there is sunshine outside, it must be played. 1 The court started under the closed roof due to the threat of rain, a wise decision as the thunder quickly broke out overhead and a sudden downpour briefly drowned the court’s voice.
Fritz uses 136 The first point is MPH ACE. He then serves in love and maintains full control. only 41 Minutes, Americans provide clinical displays: Six A, no double failures and flawless 12-for-12 At the first point. He lost only one point in the second point.
His ground matches are also very sharp. Fritz hits 20 The winner – including six forehands and five backhands – made only three uncompulsory mistakes. He performed well, retrieving balls that seemed out of reach and showing patient build points.
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In love-3 In the second set, Thompson called for a medical timeout and then left the court. When I come back, love-40after Fritz hits Thompson’s forehand cross that cannot be moved, he approaches the net and retires.
“Yes, I mean, it’s shameful. I think he’s been playing a ton. Even yesterday played a three-set doubles game. Respect him to try to keep moving forward.”
He added: “Yes, it’s sad. I feel like I’m locked. I feel like I’m doing well. I feel like I’m going to play well, but that’s it.”
Since the Tour, Fritz 2020. When he first realized that the surface was suitable for him, he said:
“I think I’ve played on the grass for the junior year for the first time and I’m already very happy to play on the grass. I think this is good for my game. Then, when I first competed, I started to get good results and felt like I was doing well.
“My first major breakthrough in juniors was at the Wimbledon teenager. Since then, I feel like many parts of the game can be translated well. Over time, I’ve tried different things on the grass – back, shatter, slice, sometimes shatter and go into the low ball.
“I tried not to change my game, but I made some tweaks that helped me. I came up with different ways to adjust according to the opponent. ”
He also talked about the pace of management profession. “Since a few years ago, it was a great help to experience doing it over and over. I was stuck in a really good day job – the field, day, everything. I did all the same things and it gave me confidence.”
Fritz acknowledged some superstitions about these routines. “I changed the formula you won’t win” to extremes,” he laughed. “Everything is in the same order. It’s like an extreme level. I’m doing the same thing.”
When he is ready to face it 20Fritz said Karen Khachanov of the fifth-finals said:
“I think our games are generally very similar. Honestly, we’ve been practicing, so we’re very familiar with each other’s games. But yes, I think I’ve improved a lot and I’ve been better, better since the last game. ”
When asked about what he admired the most in his game against Khachanov, Fritz said: “He had a great backhand. His backhand was very good.”
