The American exploded against the fans who whistled at him throughout the match against local Arthur Rinderknech. He will play Francisco Cerúndolo in the third round.
Roland Garros raised his temperature this Thursday in the fifth day of action in the men’s draw after the victory of the American Taylor Fritz over the local Arthur Rinderknech 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4, who agreed to the third round where he will collide with the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo, who earlier won 6-3, 6-3 and 6- 4 to German Yannick Hanfmann.
The public in Paris supported his compatriot, but instead of using words of encouragement he decided to be crude against the American who had to endure catcalls and boos throughout the game. Every time Rinderknech won a point he celebrated sparingly, but when it was Fritz who was wrong he celebrated even more.
And if tennis is a “gentleman’s” sport, Fritz (number 8 in the ATP ranking) held out as long as he could until he won his well-deserved victory in 2 hours and 50 minutes against the last Frenchman in the singles field. at the tournament. When he won the last point he put his index finger to his mouth and asked for “quiet”.
Fritz’s reaction, as was to be expected, did not go down well with the public, who booed him for a minute straight and did not allow him to declare in front of the microphone that the organization usually offers to the winners of each match, still hot, about the brick dust.
“It was fantastic that they provoked me. They encouraged me so much that I made sure I won the match,” Taylor Fritz ironically closed the scene, while the stadium screens showed Morgan Riddle, the tennis player’s partner born in San Diego, California, 25 years ago.
Once the young blonde appeared on the stadium screens, the whistles changed to applause. It is that Riddle acquired great notoriety after participating in the documentary “Break point” on the Netflix streaming platform. Through her TikTok account, Fritzler’s girlfriend helped bring tennis to an audience that usually does not consume it and allowed her partner -also- to add followers on the networks.
Now the one who will have to come face to face with Fritzler is Francisco Cerúndolo, who has the illusion of continuing to advance in the French Grand Slam.
2023-06-01 23:32:59
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