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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – MARCH 17: Taylor Fritz of the USA is dejected during the round of 16 match between Taylor Fritz of the USA and Andrey Rublev of Russia during Day Eleven of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium on March 17, 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – MARCH 17: Taylor Fritz of the USA is dejected during the round of 16 match between Taylor Fritz of the USA and Andrey Rublev of Russia during Day Eleven of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium on March 17, 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)
American tennis professional Taylor Fritz skipped the Tokyo Olympics 2020 to play the Los Cabos Open in Mexico. Interestingly, he made a good run and reached the semfinals to meet Cameron Norrie for a seat in the final. However, the 23-year-old could not keep up the winning ways as he sunk against the Brit 6-3, 6-1.
What’s interesting is that Fritz ran into a bizzare situation in the second set of the match. At 3-6, 1-4 down, the young American called for the trainer and insisted him to ask for the three-minute medical time-out.
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Up until now, it all seemed natural but what went crazy is when the trainer denied his plea. Certainly, Fritz did not look in any kind of pain and might have called the trainer to push his opponent out of rhythm.
Shockingly enough, the trainer told him, “I just saw you serve, you don’t look in pain. That’s my call.” Unquestionably, such a scene would go into the rare spectacle book of tennis.
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Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 12, 2021 Taylor Fritz of the U.S. reacts during his third round match against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic REUTERS/Kelly Defina
In utter disbelief, Fritz went on to continue the match but could not make any addition to the scoreboard. Ultimately, he lost the match 6-3, 6-1.
Further ahead, British Cameron Norrie will battle either Americans John Isner or 19-year-old Brandon Nakashima for the title.
Norrie rolls! 💪@cam_norrie powers into his fourth final of 2021, defeating Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-1 at Los Cabos. #ATC2021 pic.twitter.com/ERNTNQ62Lj
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 24, 2021
Until now, Norrie has had an incredible 2021 season with a 31-14 record on the ATP Tour. Most significantly, he made it to his maiden ATP tour-level final overcoming Fritz.
Roller-coaster time for Taylor Fritz in Mifel Open 2021
Before facing Norrie, Fritz overcome American Steve Johnson in the quarterfinals. During that match, it was Johnson who ran into trouble after he abused the chair umpire over an unfavorable decision.
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Tennis – ATP Masters 1000 – Italian Open – Foro Italico, Rome, Italy – May 10, 2021 Taylor Fritz of the U.S. in action during his first round match against Britain’s Dan Evans REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Interestingly, Fritz was leading in that match when a linesperson made a terrible call. In response to that, the chair umpire Nacho Forcadell Gil gave the point directly against Johnson, stating that the call came in late.
Steve Johnson to the umpire.
"F*ck you".
"You will watch the replay and feel like a fucking idiot again"
Nacho overruled a terrible call from the line umpire and gave the point directly to Fritz, considering that it was a late call.
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 23, 2021
No doubt, a lot of drama happened in and around the American No.1. Hopefully, the match time here would help him build for the ultimate tournament, the US Open 2021.
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