Overview
- Taylor Fritz lost in straight sets to Alexander Zverev, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2, exiting the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Court One.
- Fritz said he first felt pain about three games into the match, briefly panicked and received treatment at the start of the second set.
- The injury was a flare of chronic patellar tendonitis in his right knee, a condition that can become intermittently painful after play and sometimes improves with rest.
- Fritz arrived at Wimbledon with momentum from finals in Stuttgart and Halle and a seven-match winning streak versus Zverev, but the flare curtailed his chance to extend that run.
- Zverev advances to face Arthur Fery in the semi-finals and Fritz plans further scans and rest to assess recovery and near-term playing plans.