“I think the difference is back when we had the big three, I mean, I’m a lot better of a player now,” Fritz reflected of this changing of the guard in his post-match press conference. “I think obviously if I play well, I can play a close match with Carlos, like we saw.”
Fritz played Alcaraz similarly close in their lone Grand Slam match of the season, where Fritz forced the two-time defending champion into a fourth-set tiebreaker at Wimbledon. But despite a career-best result at the All England Club, the 28-year-old endured largely mixed results in 2025—compounded by a knee injury—and will finish outside the Top 4.
“I need to continue to improve,” said Fritz, who is known for his no-nonsense technical analysis. “That’s just what my focus is. Obviously those two are ahead of everyone. The draws are open when one of them… I mean, [in] Shanghai Carlos doesn’t play, Jannik happens to lose, something like that. But no, I wouldn’t say things are super open.
