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25-Year-Old Reilly Opelka Takes a Nasty Swipe at His ‘Privileged’ American Compatriot Taylor Fritz Over His Latest Complaint

Published 11/13/2022, 7:45 AM EST

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The American tennis star Taylor Fritz is keen to make another victory this year at the ATP finals. After his loss in the Paris masters, Fritz is all ready to take over the last ATP tournament of the Year. However, the tennis star is also active on social media mostly because of his recent banter with another 25-year-old tennis player. 

Reilly Opelka and the American tennis players’ feud over the social media account for the past few months have created a lot of headlines. Recently the tennis sensation made another statement on Twitter that was not appreciated by the 25-year-old. 

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Reilly Opelka taunts Taylor Fritz over his recent complaint

Andy Murray discussed the current issue with circumstances, claiming that the tennis court and ball are extremely slow. But to further emphasize his point, the 25-year-old also brought up the issue of the balls and discussed how there is no reward for being risk-taking over aggressive short talking about the main difference between the mantras of balls about the speed of the court.

He wrote, “For me the balls make the biggest difference in speed, some of the slow/softballs make the conditions so slow regardless of court speed… Lots of times with those balls it just doesn’t feel like tennis, there’s never a reward for taking a chance on an aggressive shot.” 

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However, feels like another fellow tennis player is not happy with ward number nine’s recommended problems and addresses it’s a privileged tennis player issue. Opelka wrote, “Privileged tennis player complaining about ball speed smh” 

Nadal vs Taylor Fritz; fight for ATP finals victory 

However, the 25-year-old tennis star is slated to face 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal in the Nitto ATP finals group stage to give the Spaniard a fair battle. The ATP season finale will pit tennis greats who have won major championships this year against rising stars who are striving to establish themselves in the sport.

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The final spin of the year will see incredible lengths between a 25-year-old player who will strive hard to capture his maiden ATP finals championship as well as a 22-time Grand Slam champion who may seek to conclude his year with a triumph to his name.

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Pratishtha Prakash is a Tennis writer at EssentiallySports. She has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Mass Media and Journalism from MIT ADT University, Pune. In the past, she has interned at the sports desk of The Hitavada, a regional English daily newspaper.
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