{"id":410633,"date":"2024-07-08T23:21:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T23:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=410633"},"modified":"2024-07-09T04:09:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T04:09:12","slug":"for-the-girls-stars-partner-takes-aim-at-zverev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=410633","title":{"rendered":"'For the girls': Star's partner takes aim at Zverev"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Taylor Fritz deposited a backhand that Alexander Zverev didn't even chase, wrapping up the American's comeback from a two-set hole in Wimbledon<\/a>'s fourth round, the men met at the net for what turned into a longer-than-usual chat.<\/p>\n

Zverev, playing with a bone bruise in his right knee, said he was bothered by some of the cheering coming from Fritz's guest box in the fifth set.<\/p>\n

When Fritz began to move away, the world No.4 stuck his chest to block the path and continued the mostly one-sided exchange.<\/p>\n

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Fritz's influencer girlfriend, Morgan Riddle, ignited a feud following the match as she appeared to take aim at Zverev on social media. <\/p>\n

Zverev was accused by his former girlfriend and mother of his child last year of domestic abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The case was settled last month when Zverev agreed to pay $321,000 but did not admit guilt. A Berlin court recorded no result in the case.<\/p>\n

\ufeffRiddle on Tuesday posted a video on her Instagram story during the match captioned: "cheer loud ladies". A second story was posted following her partner's victory, where she held a drink in celebration with the caption: "when your man wins 4 the girls".<\/p>\n

Both stories have been deleted. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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\"Alexander\"Alexander<\/p>\n

It wasn't the 13th-seeded Fritz's only noteworthy post match interaction at the All England Club this fortnight, having told an earlier opponent to \u201chave a nice flight home".<\/p>\n

However, he seemingly shrugged that one off, more interested in thinking about the way he turned things around to defeat two-time grand slam finalist Zverev 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was amazing," said Fritz, a 26-year-old from California.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo do that on Centre Court (at) Wimbledon, two sets down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zverev said later that his issue wasn\u2019t with Fritz or his two coaches, but rather with others in the winner's support group \u201cthat are not maybe from the tennis world, that are not maybe (used to) watching every single match; they were a bit over the top".<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s totally allowed to be annoyed if they were being annoying… That\u2019s one of the things I asked him at the net, \u2018Who was it?\u2019\u201d said Fritz, who next meets 25th-seeded Lorenzo Musetti, a first-time slam quarter-finalist.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a big thing. It\u2019s all good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Taylor<\/p>\n

The implication from Zverev was that there was no need for the entourage to be acting quite so excited when his knee, which was covered by a grey sleeve after a fall in the previous round, was such a significant factor in the outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was playing on one leg,\u201d Zverev said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was fairly obvious that I wasn\u2019t 100 per cent today, right? I wasn\u2019t moving, really, the entire match. I wasn\u2019t running for drop shots. If I was running for a drop shot, I was limping there more than running."<\/p>\n

The three and a half-hour match, played with the main stadium\u2019s retractable roof shut, was the 35th to go five sets at Wimbledon this year, tying the record for the most at any slam event in the Open era, which began in 1968.<\/p>\n

Fritz\u2019s comeback is the 11th from a two-set deficit in this edition of the grass-court tournament, more than in any other year.<\/p>\n

This will be Fritz's fourth major quarter-final and second at Wimbledon, where he lost to Rafael Nadal in 2022.<\/p>\n

\"Taylor<\/p>\n

He is 0-3 at that stage; the other two setbacks came against Novak Djokovic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be my first quarter final where I\u2019m the more experienced person,\u201d Fritz said.<\/p>\n

Fritz joins friend Tommy Paul in the final eight, giving the United States two men that deep in the tournament for the first time since 2000.<\/p>\n

The other quarter-final on the bottom half of the men's draw will be Australia's No.9 Alex de Minaur<\/a> against seven-time Wimbledon champion Djokovic, who dismissed No. 15 Holger Rune 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in Monday night\u2019s last match on Centre Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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