American Taylor Fritz Fails In Bid To Reach First Grand Slam Semifinal At Wimbledon
Taylor Fritz had a golden opportunity to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon.
After upsetting No. 4 Alexander Zverev in five sets on Monday, the American No. 13 seed was the higher seed against No. 25 Lorenzo Musetti and the favorite to reach the Final Four.
But Fritz could not win his second straight five-setter and came up short against Musetti, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in 3 1/2 hours.
Musetti — and not Fritz — will face No. 2 and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals on Friday. The Serb is 5-1 against Musetti.
Musetti is the lone Italian man in the semis after No. 1 Jannik Sinner lost in the quarters to No. 5 Daniil Medvedev.
“I probably have no words, but I try my best,” Musetti, 22, said. “I think I didn’t realize yet what I’ve done.”
He added of Djokovic: “He’s a legend....It’s always been a huge fight so I expect a big, big fight and I think it’s going to be one of the toughest challenges but I’m an amibitious guy and I like to be challenged so I try my best, I try to put my 100% effort and let’s see what’s gonna happen.”
Djokovic got a walkover into the semis after Australian Alex De Minaur pulled out due to a hip injury suffered in his fourth-round match with Arthur Fils.
It has now been 82 Grand Slam tournaments since an American last one, dating to Andy Roddick at the 2003 U.S. Open.
Source : forbes.com
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