Sand attacks in the direction of the USA? Taylor Fritz clarifies...
They were opponents on the pitch and fought for a place in the semi-finals in Monte Carlos: Taylor Fritz and Stefanos Tsitsipas . But in their aversion to the clay courts in the USA, professionals seemed to agree - but Taylor Fritz is forgiving with his homeland.
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Apr 14, 2023, 10:56 pm
The rise of US men's tennis was one of the stories of the young 2023 season, and many pundits expected that story to end no later than when the European clay season got underway. Taylor Fritz refutes these forecasts. With a brilliant win over Stefanos Tsitsipas, the defending champion on the red ashes of Monte Carlo. 6 2, 6: 4 the US boy won impressively sovereign. A discussion then ensued over the words Fritz wrote on the TV camera: "US Clay Courts????" left the winner there with a green marker. For many, a reaction to the words of Stefanos Tsitsipas, who announced after his victory over Chilean Nicolas Jarry: "Clay courts in the USA are like a unicorn on a skateboard."
Is Fritz now also demanding more clay courts in the USA based on the European model? At the post-match press conference, he made it clear: "I don't want people to think there's anything crazy like beef or anything," Fritz said in his post-match press conference. "As if it were more of a joke, like what he wrote the other day..."
And Fritz continues: "Maybe people think I'm writing something back on the camera because I'm offended or upset," Fritz added. "Not at all. Like, I don't care at all. I guess people don't know me. I'm like the hardest person to offend or upset. Like I don't care. I just thought I would like I was saying something back. Obviously he knew he could play me. I thought it was funny to just text back like there wasn't one like I wasn't trying to insult him. I just thought it was funny ."
Although the discussion about "proper" clay courts in the USA occupies the Californian Fritz: "I recently had this discussion with a friend of mine about clay courts in the USA, and we talked about how everything is only promoted by hard courts, everything becomes played on hard courts," he said. "I'm not a proponent of going out and promoting red clay, but I'd certainly like to see it in more places around the world, maybe."