Taylor Fritz Admits to Suffering Knee Pain After Alexander Zverev Snaps 7-Match Losing Streak in Wimbledon Quarterfinals

Alexander Zverev finally snapped his losing streak against Taylor Fritz. In the Wimbledon quarterfinals, held on Wednesday (July 8), Sascha clinched a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win over the American, who defeated him in the seven matches they played before this clash.

During the match, however, Fritz suffered a flare-up of a chronic knee problem. But he doesn’t think that without the injury, he could have made any difference to the match, lauding Zverev for his performance.

I don’t really know what to say. I feel like, three games in the match, I just started feeling my knee, and I think I could’ve still probably played a lot better through the issue. But let me preface what I’m saying… I don’t know what kind of difference it would’ve made in the match.

Taylor Fritz said at the press conference

With this win, the reigning French Open champion has improved his head-to-head record to 6-10. Fritz, the runner-up at the 2024 US Open, was chasing his sixth title on grass.

He’s gonna be extremely tough to beat the way he’s serving. He was very aggressive with his forehand and his backhand as well. Very aggressive. Hit the ball great. He played really well. It wasn’t the match I was expecting, I would say. I would’ve liked to feel 100% and try to give him a match but… Yeah, I don’t know what to say. I don’t know why I felt like that today.

Taylor Fritz added

Fritz has yet to win a title since clinching his fifth grass-court title at the Eastbourne International (his fourth win in the tournament). He has played three finals this year, losing all to two of his compatriots. Ben Shelton beat him in Dallas and Stuttgart, while Frances Tiafoe denied him the Halle Open title.

Taylor Fritz on Alexander Zverev’s match against Arthur Fery

The match against Taylor Fritz was the first time Alexander Zverev had played in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Before this year, Wimbledon was the only Major where Zverev had never made it past the fourth round.

And now, in his first semifinal of the grass-court Major, Zverev will be facing Britain’s last hope – Arthur Fery. The wild card entrant upset former World No.3 Grigor Dimitrov in a five-set thriller in the fourth round before knocking out this year’s French Open runner-up Flavio Cobolli to set up the semifinal match against Zverev. Reacting to the upcoming match, Fritz said this at the press conference:

I think Zverev is going to be incredibly hard to beat, just because of how well he is serving. I don’t think that will change much overnight. I think you can expect him to serve at least 70% of the time with first serves, powerful serves. He’s playing with a lot of confidence. We’ll see if the crowd, playing against someone who is the big favorite, can cause some trouble. Yes, he’s playing with a lot of confidence and very well.

It was the second time the Brit defeated Cobolli following the first-round match of this year’s Australian Open. Fery, before this tournament, had never made it past the second round of a Major. He will be facing the World No.3 for the first time in his career. If Zverev reaches the final, he will remove Carlos Alcaraz from the No.2 spot in the rankings table.

In the final, Zverev will face Jannik Sinner or Novak Djokovic. Sinner, the defending champion, will meet the 24-time Grand Slam champion in the semifinal. In their previous meeting, in the semifinal of this year’s Australian Open, the Serbian great eliminated the Italian ace.

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