by Taylor Fritz survived a mid-match dip, a bold struggle from his opponent and even another malfunction when he defeated Karen Khachanov from Russia on Monday with 6: 3, 6: 4, 1: 6 (4) to reach the semi-finals for the first time in Wimbledon.
The American fought through the first two sets with a few local servants who do not face a single break point, only to dive clearly in the third so that Khachanov returned to the match. But after he had a break at the beginning of the fourth, he rediscovered his focus and played an almost flawless tie to come to a collision with defending champion Carlos Alcaraz or the British cam norrie.
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“It’s an amazing feeling,” said Fritz, who hit 16 aces. “After playing the quarter -finals here twice and lost twice in five, I couldn’t have taken anymore. I am really glad that I can play the half area here. I feel great to get through it. The match was going so well for me. I never really have a match.
In the beginning of the fourth sentence, another malfunction was referred to in the electronic line billing system, as a forehand of Khachanov, which landed four feet within the baseline, was referred to as “rejection”. The referee held the point on the phone to reset the system and the point was reproduced. Although none of the man looked uneducated, Fritz was broken in the end when Khachanov shouted.
But Fritz broke 2-2 back and from then on the two men increased the level and began to play an excellent tennis. Thanks to a brilliant volleye, the Russian stopped at 5-5 from 0 a.m. to 30 a.m. However, Fritz was impregnable during the recording and started in the tie break with a 138 km / h ass, beat two more and ended it in the open place with one fell swoop.
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Four years ago, after losing here in the third round against Alexander Zverev, Fritz wrote a note on his girlfriend’s phone and said: “Nobody around the world is harder than you, you are so good, but 40 in the world, get your shit together.” Now he is among the top 5, reached his first Grand Slam final at the US Open last year and is a game from a first Wimbledon final.
“At that time my ranking slipped,” he said. “I came back from an operation and felt that I was not playing on the level that I should play as I should play. This note should never be public. I pushed my girlfriend about it, she said: ‘Write to it, look at it.
