“Why are we making it not an individual sport?” Taylor Fritz opposes ATP’s ‘dumb’ decision to allow off-court coaching


“Why are we making it not an individual sport?” Taylor Fritz opposes ATP’s ‘dumb’ decision to allow off-court coaching

Taylor Fritz

Taylor Fritz, the 24-year-old American professional is one of the most elite players in the world at the moment, ranked world number 12, Fritz has been able to go toe-to-toe with the best players in the world and has won against them. The American professional recently defeated Nick Kyrgios in Cincinnati.

In the most recent news, the ATP has decided to allow off-court coaching in tennis matches for the remaining part of the season. Although it is on a trial basis, it will be implemented at the US Open and will run through the final event in Turin in November. Fritz has become the latest professional to state his opinion on the rule change.

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Taylor Fritz opens up about the new off-court coaching rule

Taylor Fritz
Taylor Fritz

The ATP will be evaluating its off-court coaching rule at the end of the season, and Taylor Fritz, after his most recent win against Nick Kyrgios in the Cincinnati Open, talked about this specific rule and its implementations in the sport. The American professional made it clear that he was not a big fan of the new rule and insists that it should not be kept.

Fritz said, “I haven’t talked to Mike (his coach) and he hasn’t talked to me one time since the coaching has become a thing. It’s a dumb rule because tennis is an individual sport. Why are we making it not an individual sport? A huge part of tennis is, in my mind, like tennis is as much mental as it is physical, and a big part of it is you need to be figuring it out on the court for yourself. You need to be the one figuring it out,” 

“I think it’s ridiculous that you can be mentally not there, not good analytically, not good at kind of working through things and coming up with strategies, and you can have someone tell you what to do. I hate it,” Fritz added further in the post-match interview.

After beating Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios, Taylor Fritz will be facing Andrey Rublev in the round of 16 fixture of the Cincinnati Masters tournament.

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