Fritz has no issues with fellow tennis players smashing racquets: "There's a reason why all of Nick Kyrgios' matches are packed"

Taylor Fritz is not prone to smashing racquets but he'll do it at times when frustration boils over and he doesn't think that players smashing racquets is an issue.

There is a lot of emphasis in tennis on stoicism and it's not that different to any other sport. While the argument of being a role model is understandable, passion is what sports is all about. Fritz seems to agree as he revealed in a recent interview that he doesn't see ap roblem with players smashing racquets unless they endanger others:

"Here is how I see it: the younger fans, they like when people are being crazy. But there’s level to it. You can’t put anybody in danger, you can’t smack a ball into the audience, or throw a racket that might hit somebody."

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He continued:

"If you are smashing your racquet on the court and it doesn’t leave your hand and there is no people really close to you that might be affected by the flying broken pieces, I don’t see a problem with it. If your racquet company wants to fine you, that’s ok, but I just think the fans love that."

He explained it on the example of Kyrgios who is known to all sorts of outbursts:

"There’s a reason why all of Nick’s (Kyrgios) matches are packed. At times, do some players go to far with it, of course I don’t want people acting insane, but I think in tennis we punish things the fans like. As a sport we need to be attracting a younger audience."

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