Fritz: "We all assume that to win a major tournament, you have to beat Sinner and Alcaraz"

Diego Jiménez Rubio | 13 Nov 2025 | 20.07

Taylor Fritz, frustration by Sinner and Alcaraz. Photo: gettyimages

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It must be truly frustrating to have emerged in an era dominated by the Big 3 and, just as that empire is coming to an end, to come across two other rising legends. Taylor Fritz is having to deal with that feeling and referred to it in an interesting press conference after being eliminated in the ATP Finals 2025, where he also criticized the current calendar.

A defeat like the one suffered by Taylor Fritz in these ATP Finals 2025 always hurts, but it marks the end of a remarkable season for the American, who took the opportunity to reflect on his year. Having managed to establish himself among the best in the world, he has not been able to win any major titles but has become an alternative to the power established by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, who are gradually eroding the confidence of others with their evident superiority.

Fritz shows some resignation to the superiority of Sinner and Alcaraz, but also complains about the ATP calendar

Assessment of his season and physical problems

"I have a knee pain that appears when I play several matches during the week or without having a rest day. The good news from my elimination is that, for the first time in three or four years, I will be able to have a good preseason where I am healthy and can train a lot and well. I will take a vacation and trust that the knee problem will resolve itself. My issue this year is that I couldn't train hard because when I wasn't competing, I needed to stop completely," explained the American.

Criticism of the calendar and possible future decisions by the ATP

"I was looking forward to the start of the season to see how the circuit would work with seven Masters 1000 events lasting two weeks. I must say that, personally, having a day between matches has benefited me because if I had to compete consecutively, it would have been difficult for me to reach the later rounds in several tournaments. However, I still think the ideal scenario is for them to last a week and for us to have more rest time. What cannot happen is if we keep them at two weeks, more tournaments are added to the calendar," said Fritz, referring to the event in Saudi Arabia for 2028.

Furthermore, he was informed of the possibility that the top players in the world might be exempt from playing the first two rounds of the Masters 1000, and his position was clear. "I don't think it's a good idea; it would give too much advantage to the higher-ranked players over the others. Just winning a couple of matches would already place you in the quarterfinals or semis," he said.

Frustration and dismay over the superiority of Sinner and Alcaraz

Fritz was reminded that a year and a half ago, he said he saw the circuit more open than when the Big 3 were around, but time has proven him wrong, as he acknowledges himself. "No, I wouldn't say we have a favorable landscape for surprises. Before, we had the Big 3, and now we have a Big 2 with Sinner and Alcaraz. I believe I am a much better player than before, but I need to keep progressing to challenge them because to win a major tournament, we assume we will have to beat both, or at least one of them," commented Taylor Fritz, who is already looking ahead to 2026.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Fritz: "Todos asumimos que para ganar un torneo importante, hay que vencer a Sinner y Alcaraz"