"Tennis is rough": Taylor Fritz' simple response to shock defeat to Shevchenko in Basel

America’s tennis star Taylor Fritz has provided a short answer after suffering a heartbreaking defeat in the Swiss Indoors tournament.

The 26-year-old suffered a defeat in the round of 16 to Russia’s Alexander Shevchenko in the round of 16 of the competition with a score of 6-7, 7-6, 7-6.

Fritz posted a short and crisp response on a social media platform X — previously known as Twitter — where he stated ‘Tennis is rough’.

The defeat will definitely going to be a big blow for Fritz who was recently knocked out of the Japan Open in the round of 16 after losing to Japan’s Shintaro Mochizuki with a score of 0-6, 6-4, 7-2.

Those results were part of a series of disappointing outcomes faced by the San Diego-born who had a tough year while playing at the highest level.

Fritz, despite playing in the main round of all Grand Slams in 2023, only managed to qualify for the quarterfinal or beyond in one competition.

His most impressive outing in a major tournament third year came in the US Open where he was eventually knocked out after losing the quarterfinal to the current world number one and Serbia’s legendary tennis star Novak Djokovic in straight sets with a score of 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.