Taylor Fritz is through to the fourth round of Wimbledon for the third time in his career after defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
Fritz beat Davidovich 6-4, 6-3, 6-7, 6-1 in what marked his first match at the championships not to go to a fifth set.
The American’s first two rounds at Wimbledon against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Gabriel Diallo both went the distance.
Despite a near scare in the third set after losing the tiebreak to the Spaniard, Fritz enjoyed a slightly more comfortable match against Davidovich.
With 14 sets played already in SW19 and having appeared at three grass-court tune-up tournaments before Wimbledon, the ATP number five gave an update on his fitness after the match.
Taylor Fritz gives a fitness update after a hectic start to Wimbledon
In his on-court interview after the match, Fritz said: “This is going to sound crazy, but my body is feeling better after each match. I feel like somehow it felt the worst in my first round, and it’s getting better.”
He said of his injuries during the match after diving to get balls: “It’s getting pretty annoying having to stop all the time.
“I feel bad for my opponent. I keep having to stop. But you can only really do it on grass [dive]. You can’t do it on any other surface.
“I am just really determined to get some of these balls, and eventually I am going to win one of these points, and it’s going to be really cool.”
The 2025 edition of Wimbledon has been the year of upsets, of which Fritz said: “We don’t really talk about it much.
“I am trying not to look too far ahead of the draw. I know my draw so far has been tough. But I am happy getting through and just trying to get my head down and one match at a time.”
British tennis legend Tim Henman said of the Stuttgart Open champion on BBC Sport: “You look at his schedule, and he is one of those players who loves to compete and be out on the match court.
“When he gets the matches under his belt, I think that’s when he plays his best tennis. He has had some indifferent results, didn’t play so well on the clay.
“But when it comes to grass courts, winning two titles on the way in here, I think he is one of those outsiders who could do some damage.”
Taylor Fritz is now third on all-time list in Wimbledon statistic
After his clash with Davidovich, Fritz has now joined a list of players in history in a statistic he’ll likely want to forget about.
Among top five seeds, only two players in the Open Era have lost more games en route to the fourth round of Wimbledon than the 27-year-old.
He trails only Arthur Ashe, who tops the list with 77 games lost in 1969, and Stefanos Tsitsipas, who conceded 70 games in 2023.
In the three matches Fritz has played, he has endured five tiebreaks, with at least one coming in each of his bouts.
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