Following a backhand landed by Taylor Fritz that Alexander Zverev did not even…
LONDON (AP) — The men met at the net for what ended up being a longer-than-usual conversation after Taylor Fritz finished off Alexander Zverev’s comeback from a two-set deficit in Monday’s Wimbledon fourth round match with a backhand that the Russian did not even attempt to pursue.
Playing with a bone bruise in his right knee, Zverev admitted that during the fifth set, some of the cheering from Fritz’s guest box affected him. Fritz started to back away, so Zverev pressed his chest in the way, keeping the conversation fairly one-sided.
LONDON (AP) — The men met at the net for what ended up being a longer-than-usual conversation after Taylor Fritz finished off Alexander Zverev’s comeback from a two-set deficit in Monday’s Wimbledon fourth round match with a backhand that the Russian did not even attempt to pursue.
Playing with a bone bruise in his right knee, Zverev admitted that during the fifth set, some of the cheering from Fritz’s guest box affected him. Fritz started to back away, so Zverev pressed his chest in the way, keeping the conversation fairly one-sided.
Zverev later claimed that the people in the winner’s support group “who are not maybe from the tennis world, that are not maybe (used to) watching every single match; they were a touch over the top” were the real problem, not Fritz or his two coaches.
“He had every right to be irritated if they were bothering him. One of the questions I posed to him at the net was, “Who was it?” Fritz stated. The 25th-seeded Lorenzo Musetti, a previous Slam quarterfinalist, will be Fritz’s opponent the following round. It is not a major issue. Everything is well.
