Wimbledon star hits again at troll over embarrassing exit from Grand Slam

Taylor Fritz hit out at a troll who mocked his early exit at Wimbledon whereas streaming the online game Rust on the favored website Twitch. Fritz, 25, crashed out within the second spherical on the Grand Slam with a defeat to the unseeded Mikael Ymer.

The American claimed the primary two units 6-3 6-2 however misplaced the following three, sending him packing for residence. Fritz’s Wimbledon KO was disappointing, contemplating that he made the quarter-finals final yr, when he misplaced in 5 units to tennis legend Rafael Nadal.

“‘Finally back are you happy you lost?'” Fritz began by studying out a Twitch chat message. “I mean finally back to Twitch. Happy I lost, get banned honestly, ban that guy. Happy I lost, get the f*** out of here. There’s nothing in the world I’d rather be right now than Wimbledon. There’s literally nothing in the whole world that I’d rather want than playing Wimbledon right now.”

Fritz, like {many professional} sports activities stars, put themselves underneath immense stress to carry out on the massive stage. He has lately admitted that he has “got too much to lose”.

In Netflix‘s Break Point, Fritz stated: “It’s so much, the expectations, that I can’t think properly on the court. I can’t strategize properly. I can’t make the right decision. I’ve got too much to lose. How bad it would be to lose this first round? I’m playing too much not to lose. Not playing enough to win. If you are scared to lose, then that’s where things fall apart.

“People really had me as, like, one of many favorites to win the occasion. I believed it. It’s at all times actually powerful while you put loads of expectations on one particular match. I at all times say I do not like doing that, I like to only play each match prefer it’s the identical. The actuality is, clearly, it isn’t the identical. There are 4 tournaments which are considerably extra essential than all the opposite ones. So, you recognize, that sucks, however only a unhealthy match.”

The US Open is the last Grand Slam of the year and is set to take place from late August to early September. Fritz will be one of many homegrown tennis stars to take to the court docket in New York. However, he hasn’t had a lot luck on residence soil.

Fritz has by no means managed to make it previous the third spherical of the US Open and hasn’t executed so this season both, along with his finest end coming on the French Open the place he misplaced to Francisco Cerundolo. Fritz can also be but to play a Grand Slam semi or last.