Fritz taking positives from ATP Finals run despite Djokovic heartbreak: "I think that I've proved that I belong in the Top 10 and I belong here"

Taylor Fritz had a couple of chances against Novak Djokovic but he didn't use them, much to his disappointment.

Fritz served for the second set to send it into a 3rd but he failed to close it out losing the set in the tiebreak. His disappointment was clearly visible in the post-match press conference when he discussed the match but he tried to remain positive:

“I absolutely feel like I belong. I think that I've proved that I belong in the Top 10 and I belong here. I just need to keep working hard."

He continued:

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“Fortunately for me, I think there's a lot of positives to take out of this year where I finished. I finished where I did and I missed pretty much the whole clay-court season, and didn't have any training going into the beginning of the hard-court season. I was dealing with injuries and I still was able to produce a really solid year. I'm just excited to get back to work and keep improving. Next year [I will] look to cement my spot even more.”

He's glad he got to experience this and it was important to him to go to the offseason feeling good about his tennis:

“I could have ended my year with a second-round loss in Paris and that would have been it. I would have gone into the off-season with that being the last match. Now I'm going to feel a lot better about my tennis, about my game being done for the season off of this performance. So it's great.”

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