{"id":212864,"date":"2025-10-09T23:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/212864\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T23:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:05:08","slug":"taylor-fritz-praised-for-improving-one-key-area-of-his-game-which-could-help-him-beat-carlos-alcaraz-and-jannik-sinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/212864\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Fritz praised for improving one key area of his game which could help him beat Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Taylor Fritz continues to impress in 2025 as he chases down the world number three ranking.<\/p>\n

The American star has won two ATP<\/a> titles this year and qualified for the semifinals of a Grand Slam at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

Last month at the Laver Cup, Fritz beat a world number one for the first time<\/a>, defeating Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n

\"TaylorPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images for Laver Cup<\/p>\n

Even in his subsequent defeat to Alcaraz<\/a> in the Japan Open final, Fritz proved he had what it takes to challenge the Spaniard.<\/p>\n

Weighing in with his thoughts on the 27-year-old, one top performance expert claims Fritz<\/a> has improved one key area of his game, which will allow him to compete with Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in the future.<\/p>\n

Mark Kovacs says Taylor Fritz has improved his physical speed and agility every year<\/p>\n

During the latest episode of \u2018The Inside-In Tennis Podcast\u2019, host Mitch Michals and guest Mark Kovacs were discussing players who have worked hard to improve their game.<\/p>\n

\u201cA great example of that right now, US player, Taylor Fritz,\u201d said Kovacs.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u00a0is probably the best example of someone who, at 15, 16, was not a very good mover; he\u2019ll admit that. In that group of great players that he came up with, Frances [Tiafoe]<\/a>, with Reilly [Opelka], with Tommy [Paul], with Stefan Kozlov, there were a bunch of players; he was the lowest when it comes to physical speed, agility type tests.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery year, he\u2019s made a concerted effort to get better at that aspect of his game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TaylorPhoto by Hu Chengwei\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Having watched Fritz improve as much as he has, Kovacs believes he could be the one to challenge Alcaraz and Sinner over the coming years.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s now knocking on the door, if you\u2019re going to say \u2018Who\u2019s the player to challenge [Jannik] Sinner and [Carlos] Alcaraz right now?\u2019, Taylor is right up there; he\u2019s that third, fourth guy that is knocking on the door,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a testament to him, his competitiveness, his desire to be great, which it really is, and his team.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s had a very consistent team for a number of years now, and they\u2019ve been working on that consistency, and you can see it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s performing at a really high level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fritz is certainly knocking on the door, but how big is the gap between him and the world number one and two?<\/p>\n

Over 5,000 points separate Taylor Fritz and Carlos Alcaraz\/Jannik Sinner<\/p>\n

Ranked fourth in the world, Fritz trails the Italian and Spaniard by some distance.<\/p>\n

RankNameCountryPointsPoints gap to #11Carlos AlcarazSpain11,540\u20132Jannik SinnerItaly10,9505903Alexander ZverevGermany5,9805,5604Taylor FritzUSA4,9956,5455Novak DjokovicSerbia4,8306,7106Ben SheltonUSA4,1907,3507Alex de MinaurAustralia3,7357,8058Jack DraperGreat Britain3,5907,9509Lorenzo MusettiItaly3,5557,98510Karen KhachanovRussia3,1908,350Official ATP Rankings<\/p>\n

The world number one ranking looks out of reach for now, but that\u2019s not to say Fritz can\u2019t move forward.<\/p>\n

He will no doubt have his sights set on taking the number three ranking from Alexander Zverev<\/a> before the end of the year, reaching a career-high in the process.<\/p>\n

Less than 1,000 points separate them, and with Zverev set to defend 1,000 points at the upcoming Paris Masters<\/a>, Fritz could soon make his move.<\/p>\n

Before then, both Fritz and Zverev will compete at ATP 500 events (Fritz \u2013 Basel, Zverev \u2013 Vienna) and a big-money exhibition tournament.<\/p>\n

\"TaylorPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images for Laver Cup<\/p>\n

Making their debuts at the event, the world number three and four will compete at the Six Kings Slam<\/a> in 2025, a tournament that offers up $6 million in prize money.<\/p>\n

They will meet in the quarterfinals, with the winner set to face Alcaraz in the last four.<\/p>\n

Fritz has won his last six matches against Zverev and would love nothing more than to extend his winning streak in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

The Six Kings Slam in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, October 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Taylor Fritz continues to impress in 2025 as he chases down the world…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[430,2073,432,80501,99,2072,428],"class_list":["post-212864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-jannik-sinner","tag-mark-kovacs","tag-sports","tag-taylor-fritz","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212864","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=212864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}