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<\/p>\n Match Reaction
\n Alcaraz falls to Fritz at Laver Cup: ‘The pressure wasn’t because I am World No. 1’<\/p>\n
Spaniard loses in straight sets at Laver Cup on Saturday<\/p>\n
September 21, 2025<\/p>\n
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Taylor Fritz earns his first Lexus ATP Head2Head win over Carlos Alcaraz in his fourth attempt.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>\u2019s return to No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings for the first time since 2023 didn\u2019t go as planned, but he insists that he came up against the better player.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old Spaniard\u2019s 13-match winning streak, which included his milestone US Open<\/a> triumph, came to an end at the hands of a fired-up Taylor Fritz<\/a> at the Laver Cup<\/a> on Saturday night. Alcaraz committed 19 unforced errors to Fritz\u2019s 10, and later reflected on the match.<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn’t the match that I was expecting, but I think I have to look a little bit to him that I think he played great tennis,\u201d said Alcaraz. \u201cI just wasn’t as solid as I wanted in the match, and I think these conditions, it’s pretty slow. The balls are really big, so I had to be solid. I didn’t play that match today.<\/p>\n \u201cTaylor played a great match, really solid, playing aggressive when he could. I think everything went to his side, so I had to congratulate him and that he played a much better game than I did.\u201d<\/p>\n Team Europe trailed 3-5 heading into their leading player Alcaraz\u2019s night-session clash, but the Spaniard was unable to come up with solutions across his 6-3, 6-2 defeat. Asked whether the weight of being World No. 1 played on his mind, Alcaraz dismissed the idea.<\/p>\n \u201cNot really. Today I feel like I had to win the point, because the way that the day is going, with the two losses, I feel like I had to win my match,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cIt was a little bit of extra pressure, because of the way that the day was going on, but it wasn’t because I’m the No. 1 in the world.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the ranking is just a number. It shouldn’t give you the pressure that you have to win everything and every match. I’m there, but you have to still do the things that you were doing before. But with the two losses, I felt a little bit of extra pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n It marked Fritz’s first Lexus ATP Head2Head win over Alcaraz in his fourth attempt, giving Team World a 7-3 lead before Alex de Minaur<\/a> and Alex Michelsen<\/a> improved that to 9-3 with their doubles win over Casper Ruud<\/a> and Holger Rune<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"It](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758482108_304_it-all-adds-up-banner.jpg\"\/)
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