American tennis star Taylor Fritz took down Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1 to punch his ticket to the fourth round at Wimbledon.
“It’s getting pretty annoying having to stop all the time,” Fritz said after requiring two medical stoppages to deal with a bloody elbow during the match. “I feel bad for my opponent when I keep having to stop all the time, but you can only really do it on grass. I’m just really determined to get some of these balls, and eventually I’m going to win one of these points.”
The three-hour, 12-minute victory set the stage for a match against Jordan Thompson with the winner heading to the quarterfinals – where Fritz has reached in two of his last three Wimbledon appearances.
As Fritz prepares for another match, his girlfriend, Morgan Riddle, is getting used to the WAG life off of the court. “I’ve always embraced the WAG thing,” she told Harpers Bazaar. “I knew no matter what my feelings were on it, that’s what I’d be called – so I never wanted to attach anything negative to it. Instead, I wanted to shift people’s perspective on the word.”
The social media influencer gave her nearly 450,000 followers on Instagram something to talk about ahead of Fritz’s next match. “one serve, two serve,” she said while showing off a white dress matching Wimbledon’s aesthetic.