Taylor Fritz, Coming Back Stronger
After two hard months away, Fritz arrives to Roland Garros as a leaner version of the American No. 2.
PARIS, France — When Bounces readers last heard from Taylor Fritz after his loss at the Miami Open in March, he was wrestling with whether or not to push through his persistent knee injury to play the clay season.
Fritz, who stubbornly wants to play through pain whenever possible, finally received an ultimatum from coach Michael Russell and the rest of his team who were urging him to rest.
“My team literally came to me after Miami and said: ‘You can go play Monte Carlo, you can go play whatever—but we're not coming with you,’” Fritz revealed on Friday in Paris.
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