When we pulled the hour hand back back to the beginning of 2022, the American men's website was already in ruins. The names of players such as Sampras, Agassi , Zhang Depei are still shining in the hearts of many tennis fans. However, the reality is that after Isner won the championship in Miami Masters in 2018, no American male player has been able to win the Masters championship in three years, and no American male player has been able to enter the top ten in the world. In 2022, many fans are nervous about whether this situation can change, looking forward to the arrival of a miracle.
2022 Australia Open , American player Fritz entered the third round after two consecutive wins. The opponent he encountered was the former Wimble Fight Agut . The two met, and they were both sick and compassionate. They had not won any tour championships for two years. Fritz has stopped in the third round of the Grand Slam seven times in a row, and Agut's best record in the past two years is only the top 16 in Wimbledon in 2021. However, even so, in terms of strength, many public opinion and fans are still optimistic about the veteran Agut.
Fritz started with a beautiful offensive. In the end, he defeated Agut after five sets, and reached the first Grand Slam in his career, while also improving his confidence to a certain extent.
March, Fritz defeated strong enemies repeatedly in Indian Wells Masters and entered the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, his opponent was Lublev, the king of the ATP500 match. He thought it would be a hard battle, but it turned out to be Fritz's exhibition match. He defeated his opponent in two sets, ending the 13-game winning streak in the singles in the Tour, and reached the Masters final for the first time in his career. In the final, he encountered a strong opponent again. His name is Nadal . At this time, Nadal had won 21 Grand Slam titles and achieved 20 consecutive victories in the 2022 season, which was the limelight.
When everyone thought Fritz would definitely lose, he defeated his opponent in two sets, won the first Masters championship in his career, and ended the record of 11 consecutive wins in the singles final of Nadal. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time that Nadal has lost on the tennis court in the 2022 season. After winning this championship, Fritz became the new number one American.
Since then, Fritz has made a breakthrough little by little in the tennis court. He reached the quarterfinals in Monte Carlo Masters , which was Fritz's first career advancement to the quarterfinals of the Clay Masters; Wimbledon, he made great progress and reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam for the first time in his career. What is even more commendable is that Fritz won all three finals in the 2022 season and won his first ATP500 championship in his career at the ATP500 Japan Open.
After improving his world ranking to the top 10, Fritz ushered in a bigger surprise. When the new world number one Alcalas withdrew from the year-end finals due to injury, he was originally the first substitute and was shortlisted for the ATP year-end finals for the first time in his career. Fritz, who came to Turin, encountered the strong rival, Spanish God of War Nadal in his first game. Fortunately, he is not unfamiliar with this opponent. While falling behind in the first set, Fritz stubbornly dragged the game into tiebreak and finally won the first set with more physical strength and patience. Fritz won five games in a row in the second set, which made his opponent run away on the court and suffered huge psychological setbacks. Since then, he has taken advantage of the situation to play some wonderful goals, and while winning the game, fans around the world have admired Fritz.
Although he lost to French Open and US Open double runner-up Rude , however, Fritz has already taken a certain initiative on the road to promotion. In the third group stage, he and post-00s rookie Aliyasim each won one set, and both sides returned to the same starting line.In the decisive set, Fritz completely let go and often plays some beautiful serves, while Aliasim wants to win and is afraid of losing, and is a little afraid of his hands on the court. At the critical moment, Fritz was not ruthless and took advantage of the situation to hit the ball perfectly, defeating the opponent's psychological defense line while allowing himself to advance.
Although he lost to Serbian king Djokovic, Fritz is the first American player to enter the semi-finals in five years to enter the semi-finals. From the first time to the second week of the Grand Slam of the Australian Open, to the first Masters championship, to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, to the first ATP500 championship, to the first time to the year-end finals, to the first time to reach the year-end finals, Fritz refuted the decline of the American men's network with his strong record. In 2023, we may have reason to believe that he can achieve more dazzling results and reshape his glorious history for the American men's network. Let's wait and see everything. (Source: Tennis House Author: Yixin Jushi)
