Fritz Hopes to Carry Atlanta Title Confidence Through the Summer

By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Tuesday, August 1, 2023

A brand new week means Taylor Fritz is as soon as once more a high seed as he hopes so as to add one other title to his assortment this summer season.

Fritz is as soon as once more the highest seed, this week on the ATP 500 Mubadala Citi DC Open occasion in Washington DC. He hopes to construct on his confidence having gained final week’s ATP 250 occasion in Atlanta for his sixth profession title.

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The 25-year-old Fritz admitted in a media convention that he felt the expectation of profitable Atlanta being the highest seed there. Yet he hopes the arrogance of profitable a number of matches will carry by means of to greater occasions.

“Yeah, I mean, I’m happy, really happy to win a title. It definitely felt great. But, yeah, it’s not the same feeling as winning, like, Indian Wells or winning Tokyo. You know, it’s not,” Fritz stated.

But there’s a number of confidence you’ll be able to take away from being the one seed, having that expectation and nonetheless with the ability to win with the expectation, as a result of that is additionally by no means straightforward once you’re enjoying with all of the strain on you to come back by means of. So there’s a number of positives to take out and clearly feeling assured and coming into this week.”

Now enjoying in DC for the third time in his profession, Fritz is actually hoping for a greater end result than 2022 when he was compelled to retire attributable to warmth exhaustion within the third spherical to Dan Evans.

Fritz additionally is aware of that it’s not simply the highest gamers who can achieve huge confidence after placing collectively a string of fine wins. Case in level the shock run of Chris Eubanks to the Wimbledon quarterfinals which began when he gained his first profession title in Mallorca two weeks earlier. 

The identical goes for Fritz’s opponent within the Atlanta ultimate final week – Australian Aleksandar Vukic who put collectively a profession greatest week to succeed in his first ever ATP important draw ultimate.

“I imply, in tennis, like, confidence is only a actually, I believe folks underestimate how a lot of a distinction it could possibly make. People can simply begin enjoying rather well, and lots of people which can be ranked 50 to 100, which I suppose you stated Banks beforehand to I suppose Mallorca, that was his rating vary, and Vukic as effectively final week, I believe he got here into the week ranked round 76, one thing like that, so a number of these individuals are very able to enjoying that degree in the event that they type of simply get going and get some confidence.

I imply, Banks (Eubank) is a good instance. He gained Mallorca, and the best way he was enjoying at Wimbledon simply off the arrogance, he was enjoying insane. He was enjoying simply, simply high ten degree. That’s the way it occurs.

Same factor with final week. Vukic was enjoying with a number of confidence. He beat a number of good gamers, and the court docket positively suited his recreation effectively. He was serving extremely effectively and enjoying at a a lot larger degree than the rating.”

After receiving a primary spherical bye, Fritz will face both Zachary Svajda or Max Purcell within the second spherical.

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