Jannik Sinner<\/a> in the US Open final of 2024. <\/p>\nRoddick thinks the conditions at the Laver Cup are like no other on the tour and as a result, he doesn\u2019t think people should get too carried away. <\/p>\n
He said on the Served podcast: \u201cI always hear that if someone breaks out at World Tour Finals, like when Dimitrov wins it one year or Tsitsipas win it one year, everyone goes this is it. This is going to change everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there\u2019s a lot of time between now and Australia. And this court could not be more different from a hot day in Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo take it for what it\u2019s worth, don\u2019t take away something from Fritz, but also let\u2019s not project him into the finals of Wimbledon based on something that happened in September.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe variety is nice to see. Can he do it when it is quicker and the ball is up out of his zone, mixing the drop shots in when he doesn\u2019t have the check of the ball and a muted bounce?<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the biggest takeaway is that Taylor Fritz is always in pursuit of more. He is using the drop shots because this surface warrants that decision-making. It had to happen because there was that check, and people had to defend the ball that was around his waist.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you compare his movement now to four or five years ago, it\u2019s night and day. Has he improved his movement by 10 to 15 per cent from four or five years ago? Absolutely. No doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jon Wertheim shares the messages he got about Taylor Fritz<\/p>\n
It would appear as though these victories at the Laver Cup have got people associated with tennis talking. <\/p>\n
Although nobody can take anything away from Fritz, there is a sense that he\u2019s still got to beat Alcaraz on the grandest stages to really flex his credentials. <\/p>\n
On the same podcast, Wertheim shared with Roddick the kind of messages he was getting following the big victories for Fritz. <\/p>\n
He said: \u201cIt\u2019s interesting. I got some texts from a few former players, and one of them was like, \u2018This is huge for Fritz, he is going to carry this with him for a long time, he now knows he can hang\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd another former player from your era said, \u2018Nice weekend for Fritz, but don\u2019t read too much into it\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s interesting that even former players are trying to weigh up the significance of the win.
But Taylor Fritz, I thought the variety was pretty top-shelf tennis, even if there are no ranking points on the line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fritz will now move on to China for his next event, and given the confidence he now has under his belt, few would bet against him winning another event this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Fritz stunned Carlos Alcaraz on his way to helping Team World claim victory over Team Europe at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[430,99,2072,428],"class_list":["post-177230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-sports","tag-taylor-fritz","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177230","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=177230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images for Laver CupAndy Roddick advises people what they shouldn\u2019t think about Taylor Fritz<\/p>\n