The tension between Taylor Fritz (12°) y Arthur Rinderknech (76°) reached its peak in Wimbledon and continued at the American’s press conference. Far from trying to smooth things over, the American went further and made it clear that the situation with the Frenchman is irreconcilable.
The night before the match in the second round of Wimbledon 2024, Rinderknech He launched harsh criticism at Fritz when recalling an exchange of words at Roland Garros 2023 and accused him of “crying too much.” After winning in four sets, the American took advantage of the moment of the final greeting to throw him a categorical phrase: “Have a nice flight home”.
Fritz took aim at Rinderknecht at Wimbledon. Getty Images.
“I don’t normally pay attention to that stuff,” Fritz said at a news conference. “But it’s hard to ignore it when someone goes out of their way to throw a dart at you. Everyone was tagging me, they made sure I saw it. As soon as I saw it, the game was basically over.“, argument.
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The comment of Rinderknech ignited the motivation of Fritzas he told the media, and said that he used it as fuel to achieve a victory in four sets.It’s something that gives me an extra fire“I’m a very calm person, I don’t do anything to upset anyone. When someone does that, I don’t accept it. That gave me extra strength to win,” he explained.
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The Frenchman seemed confused by the situation on the pitch, but Fritz was blunt about it: “You disrespected me before the game. You can’t expect me to be nice after that. That’s not how things work.“, answered.
The victory places the American in the third round of Wimbledon, where he will face the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (19th)executioner of the Italian Flavio Cobolli (48th) by 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 4-6 and 6-4.
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2024-07-04 21:39:00
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