Taylor Fritz Admits he’s “Working Really Hard” to End Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s Dominance in the ATP

Taylor Fritz will face Sebastian Korda in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Open in Japan.

Taylor Fritz Admits he’s “Working Really Hard” to End Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s Dominance in the ATP

Taylor Fritz, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz (Image via X/Jose Moron, Univers Tennis)

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Taylor Fritz has revealed that he aims to compete alongside Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz at the top of the men’s circuit. The American star is still seeking the first Grand Slam title of his career, despite promising signs on the court, while Sinner and Alcaraz have won four and six major titles, respectively.

Fritz’s best run in Grand Slam tournaments came at the US Open in 2024. The former World No.4 faced Sinner in the final, with the hopes of becoming the first American man to win the championship since Andy Roddick in 2003. But he fell to the Italian star in straight sets and has never been to any final again.

His best run since then was at the Wimbledon Championships in July, where he got to the semi-finals before falling to Alcaraz in four sets. However, the American star recently defeated Alcaraz for the first time at the Laver Cup and they are projected to face each other in the final of the Tokyo Open.

However, the reason why Sinner and Alcaraz stand out from the rest of the men’s players on tour is because of their consistency in big tournaments. This season, Alcaraz and Sinner have reached at least the quarter-finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments, while doing the same in every ATP Masters 1000 tournament since April.

If Fritz can produce such a level of consistency on the court, he will be at the top with them. But the World No.5 only began playing excellently during the grass-court season. He revealed during an interview with the Olympics that he hopes to reach Sinner and Alcaraz’s level on tour, while also aiming to win a Grand Slam:

I think if I can win a Grand Slam, then that’s maybe something I can think about afterwards, which is trying to become the World No. 1. If you just go down the rankings, the next people are myself and Sasha. I see Novak’s there, but we don’t know how much longer Novak will really play over the next five years. If it’s not going to be just Carlos and Sinner then yeah, there’s only right now a handful of people that you might be able to contest. And I’m working really hard to be one of them.

Fritz is currently in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Open after beating Gabriel Diallo and Nuno Borges. The American star had to overcome Diallo in three sets, before beating Borges in straight sets on Friday (September 26).

Taylor Fritz reveals the reason why he struggled in the early part of the 2025 season

Taylor Fritz didn’t begin the 2025 season with the same momentum he finished 2024. He failed to get past Gael Monfils in the third round of the Australian Open, which became his fastest exit in a Grand Slam tournament since 2023. However, it was during the grass-court season that he began to play his best tennis, winning the Stuttgart Open and Eastbourne International before the Wimbledon Championship.

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Taylor Fritz (image via Imagn Images)

During the aforementioned interview, he revealed that the reason for his struggles on the court early this season was due to a bad habit he had inculcated. The 27-year-old added that he was happy that he had a solid rebound during the grass season:

I was developing bad habits to try to not have pain, and then when I took time off and came back, I felt like my level was pretty bad at the end of a clay season. But I think since the grass season started to now, I’m really happy with everything. I had a very solid rebound, and I think that overall, I’m in a pretty good position for how bad I thought I was at the beginning of the year.

However, one of the main reasons for Fritz’s struggle on the court was due to an unspecified injury he sustained. He will face his fellow compatriot Sebastian Korda in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Open.

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