Taylor Fritz shushes French Open followers booing in awkward second
Taylor Fritz dumped the ultimate remaining Frenchman Arthur Rinderkench out of the French Open on Thursday evening in entrance of a hostile Roland Garros crowd. The American’s post-match interview was drowned out by a sea of boos as he shushed supporters earlier than sarcastically claiming that they “love him”.
Fritz stomached every part the group hurled at him in the course of the second-round conflict as he triumphed 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 over 4 units. The 25-year-old celebrated by inserting his finger to his lips as the world erupted right into a cacophony of noise.
“The public was so great, they encouraged me so much that I absolutely wanted to win,” Fritz sarcastically quipped after the match. “I love you guys.”
He is now set to face Argentine Francisco Cerundolo within the third spherical on Saturday.
The World No8 has by no means made it previous the third spherical on the Paris Grand Slam however is hoping to go all the way in which after lastly discovering consistency on clay.
“I’ve had the best results on clay, for sure, this season,” he informed assembled media. “Also, being a way higher seed the whole season in tournaments that I’ve been before definitely helps a lot too. You get more favourable draws.
“But yeah, I’ve been definitely playing my best. I think the results could have been a lot better. I think I let a couple of matches that I should have won slip away from me, and it’s pretty disappointing. But the overall level consistently has been much higher than usual, I would say, on clay for me.”
He added: “Last year every single tournament I made semi-finals, and I won. Then this year it’s the opposite. I’m not having a lot of early exits. I’m seeing myself pretty deep in tournaments, consistently playing a lot better, I’d say. But yeah, I’ve just lost some of those later-stage matches this year. That wasn’t the case last year.
“So I just have to keep putting myself in these situations, and I’ll win some eventually, you know.”