It's a now or never for Taylor Fritz at Wimbledon
On Friday, Taylor Fritz strives to be the first American since Andy Roddick in 2009 to reach the Wimbledon finals.
Standing in his way is two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, who is trying to become the fifth player in the Open Era to win three straight titles at SW19, and the second to win the Channel Slam two years in a row.
Every metric — head-to-head record (Alcaraz 2-0), recent form (Alcaraz is on a 23-match winning streak) and big match experience — favors the Spaniard.
That said, Fritz plays his best tennis on grass, a surface where he's won five of his 10 career titles, two of which — Eastbourne and Stuttgart — he claimed in the lead-up to this year's Wimbledon. That's why his deep run at the hallowed grass courts isn't surprising, considering he entered the most ATP events during this year's grass-court swing.
Fritz was better prepared than most of his top-ranked peers entering Wimbledon, and he knew he couldn't afford any shortcuts after last year's heartbreaking loss to Lorenzo Musetti in the quarterfinals when he was close to going up two sets in a hurry before losing in five.
"I'm really happy with how I've turned my career around," Fritz said after beating Karen Khachanov to become the first American in seven years (Josh Isner) to reach the Wimbledon final four.
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