{"id":154719,"date":"2025-09-13T21:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T21:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/154719\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T21:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T21:08:07","slug":"taylor-fritz-issues-health-update-after-struggling-with-sickness-in-davis-cup-win-over-jakub-mensik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/154719\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Fritz issues health update after struggling with sickness in Davis Cup win over Jakub Mensik"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Taylor Fritz moved Team USA one step closer to the Davis Cup Finals with his win over Jakub Mensik.<\/p>\n

Following Jiri Lehecka\u2019s win over Frances Tiafoe<\/a>, the United States found themselves 1-0 down against the Czech team.<\/p>\n

Bouncing back, Fritz<\/a> defeated Mensik in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, to level things up at 1-1.<\/p>\n

\"JakubPhoto by Rich Storry\/Getty Images for ITF<\/p>\n

Fritz produced an impressive display in Delray Beach to take down the teenage star, but didn\u2019t have things all his own way.<\/p>\n

During his post-match press conference, Fritz admitted he\u2019s been struggling with a sickness bug at this week\u2019s Davis Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Taylor Fritz says he still doesn\u2019t feel great as he battles illness<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media after the match, Fritz shared how he is feeling physically.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sick. Like, I felt like two of the practices I had in the days leading up kind of didn\u2019t feel right,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I was getting so, just exhausted for no reason. I kind of felt like maybe some sickness was coming on. Two nights ago, I finished a practice with Frances [Tiafoe], and I was driving home, and I started feeling just so, so sick. I was up all night just coughing, sore throat, all that normal stuff.<\/p>\n

\u201cI woke up yesterday morning, just, I felt so bad. It was just like yesterday was kind of that peak day of the sickness, where it\u2019s the worst.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still don\u2019t feel great, but today, compared to where I was at yesterday, I\u2019m a lot better today, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fighting through illness to pick up a vital win for Team USA, Fritz will now look to recover ahead of his next match.<\/p>\n

\"TaylorPhoto by Rich Storry\/Getty Images for ITF<\/p>\n

\u201cI need to get a good night\u2019s sleep. I need to do what I\u2019m doing. Like I said, I felt better, felt a little better today, and will hopefully feel a little better tomorrow. I just need to get some good sleep and a good meal in and kind of just go through my pre-match routines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust kind of do what I have been doing the last three or four days. A lot of fluids, a lot of Vitamin C, and trying to sleep as much as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tough. I haven\u2019t really left my bed much the last two days. You know, like I said, yesterday was really the worst, and today is a little better.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s normally how it goes when I do get sick. I hit that one day where it\u2019s the worst, and then every day after that I just get a little bit better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fritz deserves a lot of credit for his resilience, something his Davis Cup captain was more than happy to give him.<\/p>\n

Bob Bryan was \u2018blown away\u2019 by Taylor Fritz\u2019s performance<\/p>\n

Joining Fritz in the press conference, Team USA captain Bob Bryan<\/a> had this to say about the world number five.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally impressed with how Taylor [Fritz] fought today. He\u2019s been a little under the weather, as you guys can see. You know, he was laser-focused, and his game really was there tonight for us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing in when I woke up this morning, I didn\u2019t know if Taylor would be available to his team, and obviously, I was excited to hear the news that he was turning the corner with his sickness and he was going to be able to go out there and compete.<\/p>\n

\"BobPhoto by Zhe Ji\/Getty Images for ITF<\/p>\n

\u201cI was blown away by the effort Taylor put in tonight. Sometimes when you\u2019re not feeling your best, you kind of just focus on the present and take one point at a time and just\u2026 Taylor, I don\u2019t think he knew how long he could be out there, so it was key that he closed the door there in the second set.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were all surprised and impressed by the effort. Truly blown away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Getting the job done, Fritz leveled the tie at 1-1, with three matches still to play on day two.<\/p>\n

USA vs Czechia Friday, September 121. Jiri Lehecka defeated Frances Tiafoe (Czechia 1-0 USA)2. Taylor Fritz defeated Jakub Mensik (Czechia 1-1 USA)Saturday, September 133. Austin Krajicek\/Rajeev Ram vs Tomas Machac\/Adam Pavlasek4. Taylor Fritz vs Jiri Lehecka5. Frances Tiafoe vs Jakub Mensik<\/p>\n

Only time will tell who will emerge victorious, but you certainly won\u2019t want to miss any of the action when Team USA and Team Czechia battle it out for a place in the Davis Cup Finals on Saturday, September 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Fritz moved Team USA one step closer to the Davis Cup Finals with his win over Jakub…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[430,29853,53697,99,2072,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-154719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-davis-cup","10":"tag-jakub-mensik","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-taylor-fritz","13":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}