Fritz reflects on his handshake with Zverev: "We didn't say much to each other".
Taylor Fritz pulled off quite a coup on Monday. Facing Alexander Zverev in the Round of 16, he turned the match on its head to win in 5 sets (4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 6-3).
On a great day (69 winners, 23 unforced errors, 15 aces), the American never gave up and will meet Lorenzo Musetti in the quarter-finals.
That said, the most talked-about image was the handshake between the two men. At the end of the match, the German explained at some length to Fritz that he was physically injured and that he hadn't really appreciated the way the American's clan had expressed themselves during the match.
Returning to this rather comical moment, the world number 12, although somewhat tense, wanted to calm things down: "We didn't say much to each other. Afterwards, it's true that at the end of the 5th set, he was limping a bit. I also think he was annoyed by some people in my box who were being noisy and encouraging me.
Honestly, I can't hear anything when I'm as concentrated as I am today. I don't mind. He said he wasn't angry with me, that he knew I wasn't responsible."
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