The American No. one, Taylor Fritz highly criticised the off-court coaching rule and called it a “Dumb rule”. Taylor defeated the 2022 Wimbledon finalist, Nick Krygios in the round of 32 on August 18. In the post-interview, when asked about his thoughts on the new rule of getting coaching off the court, he was unhappy with the decision.
The rule of coaching in court has been allowed on July 11, 2022. Even though this rule has not been given much light to date, this has been always a controversial topic for some few players. Daniil Medvedev has a handful of times called out the coaching served to Stefanos Tsitsipas on the court. It is frequently heard of him to be annoyed with Stefanos Tsitsipas getting coaching during matches. However, Taylor Fritz feels somehow similar to Medvedev in respect to getting coaching.
Taylor Fritz Criticises the off-court coaching rule
World No. 13, Taylor Fritz has been always strong mentally and physically on the court. His performance has also improved a ton after a remarkably solid match against Rafael. He consistently believed that a player should be alone tackling the situation on the court.
a huge part of tennis is, in my mind, like as tennis is as much mental as it is physical, and a big part of it is you need to be figuring it out on the court for yourself.
When journalist asked Taylor Fritz the reason he called it “dumb”.
Taylor Fritz lost the quarter-final against Daniil Medvedev 6(1)-7(7), 3-6. However, the 25-year-old will be taking it positively for the foremost Grand Slam, the U.S Open 2022.
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