I thought: What, I beat Federer?

Taylor Fritz is early in his life: He was Junior number 1 and won the US Open, now he is already in the pros in the Top 50. And also in his private life, he is full throttle: since July of 2016, he is married, and his son Jordan will soon be two years old. He is only 21.

Already one and a half years had passed since he first played against Roger Federer and in 2016 in Stuttgart on grass in three sets lost. In the night, in the morning (not before 3 PM CET) to be compared to the 1.93 m big son of a former Top Ten player by the name of Kathy May, and a tennis coaches the 20-times Grand-Slam winner in Melbourne for the second Time.

"It's cool to go with him to the place, because I grew up with him in front of the eyes, and this is a good opportunity for me, exciting. I can also show my game on a big stage," said the Californian, after his victory over Gaël Monfils, he showed, according to its own estimation, one of the best performances of his career Grand Slam.

tips from Federer's Ex-coach

Against Federer can count Fritz is also on the tips from Paul Annacone, who was a few years Coach of the Swiss, and, in the meantime, for the American Association works. He feeds but also of the own memories from the tournament in Stuttgart in 2016. "I received a lesson that I have learned," he said. "After I won the second set, I came in the third to break opportunities. And I thought: What, I beat Federer? And it is precisely these thoughts cost me the Match, fairly quickly." He will try, therefore, to consider the match as a normal Match.

Fritz is one of the eleven Americans who are currently in the Top 100, where he hit with Frances Tiafoe (20) Kevin Anderson, and Reilly Opelka (21) belongs to the Trio of the Youngest. "It is great to see-like that we are a strong group. The hype is well justified, because we are all strong," says Fritz. "The pressure is not attributed only to a single player that helps us, because we can carry the expectations together."

"He plays pretty monotonous from the base line."Federer Fritz

Federer said, meanwhile, is remarkably aloof about Fritz, he had been invited to a training camp, when he was still a Junior. The match Stuttgart had for him little significance, especially since he was hit in the summer of 2016, physically and on the grass was played, he gave to understand. Particularly fond of, he does not seem to be of the style of play of the American. "He plays pretty monotonous from the base line," he said. But he knows that Fritz could be dangerous: "He thinks the time is ripe for his breakthrough on the Tour." But since he has something to say about yourself even a word.

(editing Tamedia)

Created: 17.01.2019, 21:40 PM