Taylor Fritz did not have an easy task in the first round of the Swiss Indoors Basel, facing Valentin Vacherot as his opponent. Although it seemed that the Frenchman could take another important step after winning the first set, Taylor Fritz managed to turn the match around and ultimately win.
The American tennis player was aware of how difficult the task was before the start of the match.
In an interview with the media, Fritz pointed out that he remained focused during the match, but there were still frustrations, mostly because he didn't know how to take advantage of the break.
I mean, it was a tough match. I know that he was coming in very high on confidence. I think I did a good job of just staying with it, he said, as quoted by Tennis Gazette.
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It was frustrating for me when I was up a break in every set and let it slip each time. I did a good job of just staying with it.
First serve
The 27-year-old Frenchman had an interesting tactic and also defended well in this match. In such conditions, it is difficult to take a big step and achieve success, but Fritz had many similar matches during his career, and he knew how to deal with it.
Most of the match, he was serving two first serves. The second serve is huge; he goes more for the body on it, said Fritz.
I havent been returning on the first serve as well as I would have liked to lately, and Ive been relying a lot on second serve return points won, which Ive still been doing a pretty good job on, and he made it tough, which is how big the second serve was.
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He did a really good job of just playing defense, not making a lot of mistakes; he made me work for a lot of points.
The American thus opened the way for the next rounds, and in the next round he will play against Ugo Humbert. Each of the opponents presents a different challenge, but it is clear that at this tournament there are many quality tennis players who want to cause problems and appear at the top.
