World No. 5 Taylor Fritz wants to badly win the first Grand Slam of his Wimbledon career, but he knows to take away his absolute best tennis to achieve that feat in the grass alongside top stars Carlos Alkaraz, Giannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic.
One of the few Americans Escaped a massive massacre in the first two rounds of action In London, Fritz is away from the five-setters of the marathon and got a much-needed break after three consecutive days in a row for extra time in the match ahead of his third match against Alejandro Davidevich Fokina on Thursday.
“I think I’ve played a lot of tennis here in two days from four Eastbourne games… I’m a lovely and relaxing day,” Fritz said.
Wimbledon wasn’t relaxed for the Americans, leaving only 10th seed Ben Shelton, who left the board on the men’s side, with only Fritz and No. 29 Brandon Nakashima.
After going through the first two matches in straight sets, Paul fell to Sebastian’s offner 6-1, 5-7, 4-6, 5-7. Paul arrived in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon last year and was confident about heading into the tournament despite missing out on the ATP 500 event at Queens Club last month, but his team planned for abdominal injuries at the French Open.
Like Paul, Tierfour easily won the first set of his second match against Cameron Norry, then lost the next three on Wednesday. Nolly’s serves were too many for Tierfour, who was in the quarterfinals in Paris.
“I don’t think (Nolly) served it well for a really long time,” Tiafoe said. “He was serving at 75%. That’s stupid. I rarely saw the second serve. I was trying to move around a bit, but I was shocked at how well he served today. I’ve never seen him serve that way.”
To the other American men who lost in the second round, Marcos Guillon, Riley Opelka (Nakashima) and Ethan Quinn lost straight to learners Tien and Jenson Brooksby to Majlizak. Andy Roddick is the last American to score a singles for Wimbledon in 2009.
The threat of America’s top women was kicked out early
World No. 2 and French Open champion Cocogoff and third seed Jesspegra were among seven Americans who suffered first round losses on the women’s side. In all, four of the top five seeds lost in London in their first three days, including defending finalist Jasmine Paolini.
Gouf entered the tournament as one of her favorites behind top-ranked Alina Sabalenka, who hit a beat in Paris, but did not find her rhythm This week, she said she was “mentally overwhelmed” after losing her straight set. To Dayana Yastremska.
Gauff struggled with nine double faults and had 29 forced errors.
“When I work well and I can have some games I’ve done, it’s definitely an additional threat,” Gauff said. “I didn’t serve that well.”
Sabalenka is the only top five seeds left in the bracket, America’s toughest challenge in reaching and winning the final next week.
Sixth seed Madison Keys, No. 10 Emmanavaro No. 13 Amanda Animova is the best seed left in the state.
Keys is about to reach his second career in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. She won the Australian Open earlier this year for her first major. She then takes on Laura Siegemund, ranked No. 104, a player who has played twice in her career.
“She’s always a tricky player,” Keys said before his third opponent. “I think grass is emphasising for her because she is so crafty, and I think that something like her tongue will become even more weapons. You’re never really going to get the same ball twice, so you’re not trying to find it.
Navarro never won a major at Wimbledon last year and reached the quarter. Anisimova appears quarterly during the only Grand Slam in Grass and does so in 2022.
Navarro and Baptist will be squared in the fourth round if both win. Collins will then face the toughest of the Americans, one of the pre-tournament frontlines in a showdown against Polish IRA Swiatek. Swiatek won five majors. Her recent Grand Slam appeared in French last year.
