Taylor Fritz’s surprising request for Joao Fonseca fans: “Relax, please”

ByDavid Mitchell
Taylor Fritz's surprising request for Joao Fonseca fans: "Relax, please"

Taylor Fritz (5th of the world ranking) defeated Joao Fonseca (57 °) in a game (57 °)for the round of 16 of the ATP 250 of Eastbourne, 6-3, 6-7 (6) and 7-5, in just over two hours of play. After the victory, the American tennis player, the first preclacy of the tournament, criticized the Brazilian fans of his rival.

This was given in the comments of a Instagram post on the official page of the ATP, where they showed a summary of the meeting between Taylor and Joao: “Commenting before watching the video, I bet that 80% of the points are played by Fonseca, perhaps one or two of mine having won“

“Yes, it was right“Ftiz added later. Given this situation, the followers of the Brazilian did not take it well and began to criticize the comment that the world number 5 had sent, to which the American questioned: “People have zero sense of humor and take everything seriously, it’s tremendous. He wanted to be fun, please, please“

Hours after beating Fonseca, Fritz went out to play his quarterfinal match against his compatriot Marcos Giron. The reason? The duel against Joao was suspended on Wednesday due to lack of light and had to continue on Thursday.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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