{"id":4292,"date":"2024-09-07T23:33:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T23:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/us-open-mens-final-2024-jannik-sinner-and-taylor-fritz-bid-for-slice-of-history\/"},"modified":"2024-09-07T23:33:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T23:33:26","slug":"us-open-mens-final-2024-jannik-sinner-and-taylor-fritz-bid-for-slice-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/us-open-mens-final-2024-jannik-sinner-and-taylor-fritz-bid-for-slice-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open men’s final 2024: Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz bid for slice of history"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Despite facing top seed Sinner, Fritz says he expects the final to be less stressful than his gruelling five-set win over Tiafoe.<\/p>\n

“It was to make a US Open final, whoever won it was the American that made it to the final. It’s a stressful situation to be in,” Fritz said.<\/p>\n

“It’s different from playing the world number one, who you’re probably not going to be the favourite against.”<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old won his first encounter with Sinner at Indian Wells in 2021, but he fell to a 6-4 4-6 6-4 defeat by the Italian at the same tournament last year.<\/p>\n

“I’ve always enjoyed playing him [Sinner]. To be honest, I don’t think I’m going to be put in a more stressful situation than I was today,” Fritz added.<\/p>\n

Sinner, 22, arrived in New York in top form and is on an 11-match winning streak having won his third ATP Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati last month.<\/p>\n

By reaching the US Open final, he has seemingly put the controversy of testing positive for a banned substance<\/a> earlier this year behind him.<\/p>\n

“We went just day-by-day, really, with not so many expectations,” said Sinner, who beat British number one Jack Draper in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

“I was just trying to find confidence throughout the days. We practised very hard in the days in between trying to prepare each match in the best possible way.”<\/p>\n

There will be a focus on Sinner’s left wrist which he appeared to injure after falling in the second set against Draper.<\/p>\n

“The physio loosened it up very fast on court, so after I felt okay in the beginning. Then after it went away by playing, which is good,” Sinner said in his post-match news conference on Friday. <\/p>\n

“Hopefully is nothing to concern about. I’m quite relaxed, because if it’s something bad, you feel it straightaway a bit more.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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