What a turnaround this has been for America’s Taylor Fritz! Other than reaching the SF at the Miami Open, it was pretty much an ordinary start for the world number 4 in 2025. However, things took a different turn for the Californian since the grass court swing. At first, he defeated Alexander Zverev in the final of the Boss Open, and then it was followed by yet another title triumph in Eastbourne. However, his journey at Wimbledon came to an end at the hands of two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals. After his Wimbledon exit, Fritz carried forward his incredible form to the North American hard-court swing as well!
In the 2025 Citi Open, he made it all the way to the quarterfinals before losing out to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in that match. Now, Taylor Fritz has also secured a winning start at the Canadian Open. He defeated Spain’s Roberto Carballes Baena in the first round (R64) match by 7-5,7-6(1). Following this win, the first American top-two seed at an ATP Masters 1000 event since number one Andy Roddick in 2005, Paris, has another interesting challenge waiting for him in the next match. He’ll be yet again facing the Canadian Gabriel Diallo in this season.
This will be their second consecutive meeting after the 2025 Wimbledon second round match, where Taylor Fritz took five sets to beat this young lad. But before shifting focus to the upcoming challenge, what did Taylor Fritz say after this epic battle against Baena? Well, this match was filled with a lot of intensity and drama. Roberto Carballes Baena absorbed Fritz’s firepower and tested the American to the highest limits by forcing up a few extended rallies. Other than that, there was also a bit of a rain delay in this match. Shortly after finishing this match, Taylor Fritz wrote a message on the camera lens, “Put ball in court :)”. Why did he say that, though? Well, the American clarified this through a tweet later on.
Fritz shared a video clip featuring that post-match celebration moment through a tweet with the caption, “Harder to do than it seems sometimes .” The American didn’t look too pleased with his 45 unforced errors in this match. He revealed, “Even in practice, I’m having a hard time putting the ball into the court. But I’m happy to get through this one. Everything is not feeling great; it’s tough to control the ball.” All he now hopes for is to bring up a better performance in his next.
Harder to do than it seems sometimes https://t.co/K9bxAlOlZ6
— Taylor Fritz (@Taylor_Fritz97) July 31, 2025
Further talking about the challenges in this match, Taylor Fritz also added, “Being down that break, getting it back at 5-4 — 30/0 for him too — I played a really good point to get back in that and then I just grinded it out in the breaker. Tough conditions all week here.” Fritz has a win-loss record of 32-13 this season, and guess what? Fritz has a good chance of doing wonders at the Canadian Open!
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