Fritz dodges Sinner-Alcaraz question to avoid | Sports News

Taylor Fritz hilariously refused to weigh in on one of the burning questions in tennis for concern of being “roasted” by followers.

While Fritz has proven flashes of brilliance at instances, it’s Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner who’ve established themselves as perennial heavyweights in males’s tennis. Their budding rivalry has shortly taken the game by storm, with many anticipating the pair to face off in a third consecutive Grand Slam closing at this yr’s US Open.

Last month, Sinner secured his first Wimbledon title by defeating Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Back in June, the Spaniard bested the Italian 4-6 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (10-2) within the French Open, marking the longest Roland Garros closing in historical past.

Entering the US Open, Sinner and Alcaraz have emerged victorious within the final seven Grand Slams and show no indicators of slowing down. Given their current monitor report of success, Fritz was requested to speculate on which of the 2 would have a higher profession when it’s all stated and achieved.

The American, for one, had little curiosity in offering his two cents on the matter. “You’re trying to get me absolutely roasted by one of their fan bases,” he stated with a hearty snigger following his 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 win over compatriot Emilio Nava. “You don’t win. You can’t win with this answer.

Upon mulling over the question once more, Fritz added: “I really don’t know. It’s impossible, impossible to say. I think Jannik and his results have been more consistent, but I think the high end of Carlos is, like, probably the highest level that you’re going to see when Carlos is on.

“So don’t make me get just destroyed by one of their fan [bases] … I’m good!”

Turning his consideration to his own outlook for the US Open, Fritz make clear his mindset following a runner-up end in Flushing Meadows final yr.

“Yeah, for me, it’s not necessarily about the results,” he defined. “It’s about how I feel like I’m, I guess, playing. You know, I would take more confidence from, I guess, my run on the grass courts this year than maybe the US Open last year, because I felt like I was playing a higher level, in my opinion, during the whole grass swing this year than maybe when I made the run here.

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“At the same time, I take a lot of confidence from the run here, because I can have a result where I make it that deep in a Slam feeling like I’m not playing incredible, I’m playing well but not, you know, as well as I know I can be playing.

“So, you know, I’d say, like, end of last year, World Tour Finals, was huge. I thought I was playing some of my absolute best tennis then. And then, yeah, at Wimbledon this year, Indian Wells that year, I think I judge it more off of how I feel I’m hitting the ball in practice and playing, not so much off of the results, I guess.”