"I think there's 15 to 20 people that can all beat each other" - Fritz on effect of no Djokovic in tournaments

Taylor Fritz spoke about the parity in tennis when you exclude Novak Djokovic which was pretty much evident this year.

Djokovic missed many events this year due to various circumstances and quite a few players were able to step up and win some trophies. No player dominated the game similar to how Swiatek dominated the WTA Tour which is a conclusion Fritz drew from this year.

He still thinks Djokovic is the best when he does play:

"It's been a crazy year. I think my takeaways are that when Novak has played, he's been the best player. There's no doubt about that. When he hasn't played, which is a lot of the year, we've seen a lot of different results because when you take him out of the equation, I think everybody else playing is extremely close in level."

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He added:

"I think when you, like, take Novak out of the equation, I think there's 15 to 20 people that can all beat each other on any given day given the circumstances. That's the reason for a lot of these different results, different people winning. It's just how it happens."

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