The American overcame Vukic 6-3, 6-2 in their Washington Open<\/a> clash, and now takes on Matteo Arnaldi in the round of 16.<\/p>\n Fritz is chasing a first ATP 500 title since 2022<\/a>, and now has a fantastic chance to clinch such success on home soil this week.<\/p>\n He should be boosted by his efforts at Wimbledon, where his fantastic run was ended by second seed Alcaraz.<\/p>\n Alcaraz and world number one Jannik Sinner aren\u2019t playing at the Washington Open, with Fritz having now been asked if a rest after Wimbledon was on his mind this week.<\/p>\n Also questioned if he ever plans to skip any events, he told reporters: \u201cYeah, there is a rule now you have to play a certain amount of 500 events, and I was injured earlier in this year and I missed two 500 events because of that.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Taylor Fritz claims tennis is doing something \u2018insane\u2019 as Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner both withdraw from Toronto<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cSo to actually meet my amount of 500s that I need to play, I need to play Washington, I need to play Tokyo, and I need to play Basel.<\/p>\n \u201cSo there is no other 500 weeks I can make up. So yeah, I\u2019m taking a zero on my record if I don\u2019t play this week.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I think if that wasn\u2019t the case, there would probably\u2026 it\u2019s a really good chance I would have taken the week off.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt like it was a really quick turnaround, but at the same time, getting matches, playing in the heat, training here, there\u2019s positives I can take out of playing this week.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s good for getting myself in the rhythm of, you know, playing these humid, hot matches on hard court.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n And when it was suggested that he would like to change that rule, he said: \u201cI mean, to be honest, I think when they announced, when I heard about the rule earlier in the year, I didn\u2019t think it would make a difference.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m, like, I\u2019m going to play in the 500s anyways. It comes down to missing two from injury. Now it\u2019s like, okay, well, now I kind of just have to.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there should be some kind of exemptions. There\u2019s like Masters 1000 exemptions for, I don\u2019t know the actual, like, I think it\u2019s, like, Grand Slam winners if you\u2019re a certain age. I don\u2019t actually know the 1000 ones, but there should probably be some exemptions as well for 500s.\u201d<\/p>\n Taylor Fritz vs Aleksandar Vukic Washington Open match stats<\/p>\n Sam Querrey backed Fritz\u2019s decision to play Eastbourne<\/a> right before Wimbledon, and it was a decision that seemingly paid dividends.<\/p>\n He won the tournament for the fourth time in his career, carrying that momentum into the grass court Grand Slam.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Nick Kyrgios delivers his verdict on whether Taylor Fritz can actually ever win a Grand Slam title in his career<\/a><\/p>\n Taylor FritzAleksandar Vukic28Winners153\/4 (75%)Break points converted0\/1 (0%)12\/20 (60%)2nd serve return points won6\/15 (40%)11Aces933\/48 (69%)First serve32\/52 (62%)29\/33 (88%)1st serve points won21\/32 (66%)9\/15 (60%)2nd serve points won8\/20 (40%)2Double faults111\/32 (34%)1st serve return points won4\/33 (12%)14Unforced errors181\/1 (100%)Break points saved1\/4 (25%)1\/1 (100%)Net points won0\/2 (0%)Taylor Fritz vs Aleksandar Vukic Washington Open match stats by significance (ATP stats<\/a>)<\/p>\n But there could come a time when his busy schedule really catches up with him, which is worrying as the US Open nears.<\/p>\n![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2226727802-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Scott Taetsch\/Getty ImagesTaylor Fritz calls for rule change during the Washington Open<\/p>\n