They get together once more. Tuesday in Queens, New York, is scheduled to
see Taylor Fritz and Alexander Zverev square off in the US Open quarterfinals. This will
be their first meeting since the American's thrilling Round-of-16 triumph over his
German opponent at Wimbledon in July. Zverev was upset about the noise
emanating from Fritz's box, where his girlfriend Morgan Riddle was sitting,
following the five-set thriller in London. A strange social media remark from
Riddle that many took to be a reference to 2020 domestic violence allegations
against Zverev increased the mystery. Riddle, a social media influencer
with 17.2 million TikTok likes, removed an Instagram video with the tagline, "when
your man wins 4 the girls," after it was posted. Zverev has not been found guilty of any crimes
and continues to assert his innocence. However, in June, he consented to pay approximately $240,000 in settlement with his
accuser, the mother of his kid. Since then, Riddle has maintained that
she was not making reference to Zverev, as a lot of Fritz's admirers had thought. In a later video, she added, "With regard to
my stories yesterday, I took them down as soon as I realized the misunderstanding and how blown
out of proportion they had become by the media." They had nothing to do with anything
that had occurred off the tennis court, and there was no animosity between the parties. "Very proud of T [Taylor] for the game yesterday, appreciating the support from the
audience and excited for tomorrow." It goes without saying that Fritz, Riddle, and
Zverev had more disagreements during Wimbledon. Following the five-set contest in London, there seemed to be a heated confrontation
between the two players at the net. Subsequently, the German expressed his displeasure with certain individuals in Fritz's box
who may not be from the tennis world.' That day, Riddle was sitting in Fritz's box. "Everyone on his team is very respectful."
Zverev stated, "I believe his coach, his physiotherapist, and also his second
coach, they're extremely respectful." "I believe there are other individuals in the box
who may not be from the tennis community or who may not be avid spectators of every match," the
author speculates. They were a little excessive. Since then, Zverev and Fritz have spoken,
the American said to reporters at Wimbledon. "I believe he was a little offended by my
teammates' support during his injury, but he told me it had nothing to do with you." Everyone
is doing well. Whatever, everything is fine. After Andy Roddick accomplished so in 2007, Fritz became the first American to advance
to the US Open quarterfinals on Sunday. After the match, Fritz, who is 0-4 in Slam
quarterfinals (including the US Open last year), remarked, "I think as you get better,
your expectations go up." What brings you happiness and satisfaction in terms
of rankings and outcomes also rises. "I believe that in the past, when I
made it to the quarterfinals at Slams, I was extremely happy and excited."
I believe I've reached a stage where, even though I wouldn't be happy if it ended here,
I would still be glad to make the quarterfinals. Yes, there were times on Sunday when
Fritz's faith in himself was called into question. After a lengthy rally, he
shot into the net and dropped his racket in despair before reaching a second (and
successful) set point to level the match in front of the loudest crowd in Louis
Armstrong Stadium (he later explained that he was displeased with the ball
taking a terrible bounce off the line). But instead of letting the chance pass him
by, Fritz got back up to take the set with a decisive victory, earning his first
break of the afternoon shortly after. Zverev advanced to the US Open final in
2020, losing to Dominic Thiem of Austria, and also advanced to the Rolland
Garros final earlier this year.