Taylor Fritz could win only 6 games on Thursday against an inspired Carlos Alcaraz. Taylor Fritz was extremely complimentary of the 19-year-old wonderkid. In their first-ever clash at Hard Rock Stadium, the 10th-ranked American claimed that Alcaraz was just unplayable for extended stretches.
During the press conference that followed their match, Taylor Fritz commented: “I did feel the level of the first three games was absolutely unbearable. He was hitting clean winners off of 110-mile-an-hour second serves I was hitting into his body. I’m stepping up and crushing backhands cross, and he’s going open-stance backhand line winners off of that.
That wasn’t the level for the rest of the match. I was able to settle in much more, and he wasn’t doing that the whole match. But he obviously possesses that level, and for those first couple of games, it was pretty overwhelming.”
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Taylor Fritz in 2023
WWLLLWWLWW Currently the world no.10, Fritz played his last match on the 30th of March when he was defeated by world no.1 Carlos Alcaraz 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Miami (draw).
Presently, during this year the American owns an overall 20-6 match record. Fritz has won 2 titles in 2023 in Australia and Delray Beach.
He is also scheduled to play in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open). The main draw will start on the 26th of April.
Alcaraz in Miami, ranking, and results in 2023
LWWWWWWWWW Ranked no.1, Carlos achieved a composed 18-1 match record in 2023. The Spaniard is participating in Miami where he beat the world no.100 Facundo Bagnis 6-0 6-2, the world no.76 Dusan Lajovic 6-0 7-65, the world no.19 Tommy Paul 6-4 6-4 and the world no.10 Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-2.
Carlos Alcaraz will come up against the world no.11 Jannik Sinner in the semifinal on Friday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM. Their current head to head is 4-2 for Alcaraz.
The Spaniard has won 2 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires and Indian Wells. Alcaraz was the runner-up in Rio de Janeiro (Rio Open).
Alcaraz won 8 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts and 5 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Barcelona (Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell) on the 17th of April and Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) on the 26th of April.
Taylor Fritz and Carlos Alcaraz clashed against each other just once. Their record is 1-0 for Alcaraz. When they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Miami (Miami Open) on the 30th of March 2023.
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