2024-09-07 17:56:35
Taylor Fritz, who will challenge Italian No. 1 Yannick Siner tomorrow for the US Open title, talks about his expectations for the final.
“I’ve always liked playing against Siner. To be honest, I don’t expect the pressure on me to be any greater than it was in the semi-final against Frances Tiafoe. I don’t believe it can get any more stressful. So on Sunday I expect to to go out on the court calm, to play well and win,” said the American, who is number 12 in the world.
“A lot of people said I was the favorite against Tiafoe, but I didn’t want to look at it that way. Having 6 wins in our first 7 matches doesn’t mean anything in a situation like this. He played incredible tennis during the entire tournament.
Sinner likes to hit the ball hard. But I think my game is very good against such opponents. I usually have good matches against him, so I expect it to be the same now,” said the American, who is number 1 in the world.
A win over the Italian would make him the first home player to win the US Open since Andy Roddick in 2003.