To achieve success in this year’s tournament, the American tennis player has gone through a long journey of hard training. After Taylor Fritz won a ticket to the semi-finals of the US Open 2024, many newspapers republished a story that happened 3 years ago at Wimbledon.
At that time, Taylor Fritz had a good tournament, reaching high form despite having a knee injury before the tournament. He successively defeated two compatriots Brandon Nakashima and Steve Johnson to advance to the third round with Zverev – the player ranked 6th in the world and highly rated.
Therefore, the victory for the German player was predicted. But Taylor Fritz had an excellent and brave match and even won 7-6 in the first set. However, Zverev showed his superior class by coming back in the next 3 sets to send Taylor Fritz home.
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No one blamed Taylor Fritz for his failure, as he was rated lower. Many even praised him for refusing surgery to be able to attend Wimbledon.
But the defeat to Zverev left a lasting impact as Fritz dropped out of the top 40 of the ATP men’s singles rankings, something no player wants, as they will be placed in difficult draws at major tournaments and have little chance of climbing back up the rankings.
Therefore, Fritz was very angry with himself when he lost to Zverev. At that time, his girlfriend Morgan Riddle revealed that the 1997-born tennis player wrote a note with very harsh words to blame himself. There were passages where Taylor Fritz used rude words, but at the same time he also encouraged himself to try harder. And after 3 years of hard training, Taylor Fritz gradually reaped the sweet fruit.
Currently, he has climbed to 12th in the world and is the number 1 tennis player in the United States at the moment. In 2023, Fritz will even be ranked 5th in the world. He has also won many prestigious ATP titles, including the Indian Wells Masters championship.
At the 2024 US Open, he also had a successful revenge when he defeated Zverev. And Fritz can even go further when he will face compatriot Frances Tiafoe in the semi-finals. An interesting detail is that in 2018, he went to Vietnam to compete at the Vietnam Open.
Taylor Fritz may never have been among the world’s best tennis players. But he is certainly an example of perseverance and patience in waiting for success.
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