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"It’s definitely not going to be the same at Wimbledon": Fritz looks back on being French Open villain and shushing crowd in Paris
ATPFriday, 30 June 2023 at 13:30
World number nine Taylor Fritz is hoping that he will not face a similar booing incident at Wimbledon as he had to face during the French Open.
The 25-year-old was jeered by the crowd during his second-round clash at the Roland Garros after he defeated France’s Arthur Rinderknech.
In response to that, Fritz put his fingers to his lips to shush the hostile crowd, but his reaction eventually ended up making the audience more hostile.
The California-born, while talking to iNews, revealed why he reacted the way he did after the match and also expressed optimism that he will not receive similar treatment from the crowd at Wimbledon.
“I played [former French No 1 Gilles] Simon in Bercy, indoors, when he was retiring, and I didn’t think that it could possibly get worse than that,” he said. “So that’s what I was expecting going into the match against [Rinderknech] and it was so much worse. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for like, root for your guy, cheer for him. I don’t expect to go out there and have people cheering for me [in Paris].
“But I would appreciate just the decency of letting me serve a second serve after I miss my first serve. Literally throwing a party every time I miss a first serve is pretty crazy. Every time I tossed the ball to serve, a lot of the time I didn’t feel like I could like go after the serve because I just expected to have to catch because someone was going to scream.
“I didn’t want to do anything during the match because then it’s just going to make it worse and it was already just insane. I felt like I was respectful because I didn’t want to make it worse the whole time. So then when it was over, I said, ‘Whatever, if I’m going to take this s**t for three hours, I’m allowed to do this, it’s fine’.
“I feel like the fans should understand if they’re going to give it to me for three hours, then I’m totally within my boundaries to do that. It’s definitely not going to be the same at Wimbledon.”
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