{"id":53426,"date":"2025-07-10T06:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/53426\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T06:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:36:11","slug":"jim-courier-tells-taylor-fritz-what-he-must-do-to-stand-a-chance-of-beating-carlos-alcaraz-at-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/53426\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Courier tells Taylor Fritz what he must do to stand a chance of beating Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Taylor Fritz and Carlos Alcaraz will be reunited at Wimbledon, with the pair set to fight it out for a place in the final.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alcaraz has been impressed by Fritz on grass<\/a>, with the American clinching titles on the surface at Stuttgart and Eastbourne this season.<\/p>\n

Spaniard Alcaraz<\/a> has also tasted success on grass on the ATP Tour<\/a> in 2025, winning his fifth title of the season at Queen\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Tim Henman thinks Fritz can trouble Alcaraz<\/a> in their Wimbledon<\/a> semi-final, which takes place on Centre Court on Friday.<\/p>\n

Both players can enjoy a two-day break, having won their respective quarter-finals at the All England Club on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\"TaylorPhoto by Ezra Shaw\/Getty ImagesTaylor Fritz told what he must do to beat Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon<\/p>\n

And such rest was referenced by former world number one Jim Courier<\/a> in his analysis of the upcoming match.<\/p>\n

He said of Fritz<\/a> on Tennis Channel: \u201cHe gets two days off to rest, recover and plot a strategy to take on Carlos Alcaraz, who\u2019s been tough on him in the two meetings that they\u2019ve had. They played last year in a big match at Laver Cup. It was a pivot match and Alcaraz really throttled him.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Carlos Alcaraz admits what he was really struggling with at the start of Wimbledon which he no longer is<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis court, more difficult for him to play defence on, although Alcaraz plays defence just about as well as Novak does here. But you\u2019d like to be talking up Taylor\u2019s chances if you\u2019re Paul [Annacone] and Mike [Russell] for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

And discussing the potential tactical approach from the American player, Courier noted: \u201cLook I think Fritz\u2019s game is really very straightforward.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe needs to serve well, he needs to rock the forehand when he can, and he needs to keep throttling the backhand and change direction with the backhand down the line from time to time.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need to keep Carlos at bay. You don\u2019t want Carlos pouncing on you, getting to the net, using all his creativity.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to suppress that with your firepower. How do you do that for five sets? That\u2019s the question that is going to need to be answered.\u201d<\/p>\n\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\nWinner<\/strong><\/td>\nTournament<\/strong><\/td>\nRound<\/strong><\/td>\nSurface<\/strong><\/td>\nScore<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2024<\/td>\nCarlos Alcaraz<\/td>\nLaver Cup<\/td>\nRound Robin<\/td>\nIndoor Hard<\/td>\n6-2, 7-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2023<\/td>\nCarlos Alcaraz<\/td>\nATP Masters 1000 Miami<\/td>\nQuarterfinal<\/td>\nOutdoor Hard<\/td>\n6-4, 6-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Taylor Fritz vs Carlos Alcaraz head-to-head<\/p>\n

Fellow former world number one Lindsay Davenport added: \u201cThat\u2019s where it tends to be a little bit more straightforward if you\u2019re in Fritz\u2019s camp. Yes, there are some nuances, maybe with patterns, but Fritz is going to win playing one style.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just got to execute it pretty darn well if he\u2019s going to take out Alcaraz on this court. But as Jim has been talking about, probably easier for him on grass than maybe some of the other surfaces when the movements and getting in and out of the corners is a little bit more on display.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a chance to go right through Alcaraz because of the speed of the grass. But he\u2019s got to play a near-perfect match playing high-risk tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courier then commented: \u201cIt reminds me of when Andre Agassi came to the US Open, this was probably about 10 years ago, and he ran into Andy Roddick in the locker room. And Roddick was going out to play [Roger] Federer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Andy said \u2018Any advice for me?\u2019 And he says, \u2018Yeah, if the rally goes more than five shots, just catch the ball and save your energy, because you\u2019re not going to win it anyway\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat has to be Taylor\u2019s mindset. He\u2019s got to see ball, hit ball, and be very forceful. The longer these rallies go, the more likely it is that Carlos is going to outmanoeuvre him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Jim Courier responds when asked if Carlos Alcaraz can get better at Wimbledon<\/p>\n

Courier was also on hand to give his take on Alcaraz\u2019s current level at the Grand Slam, having been asked if he thinks the Spaniard can still take it up a notch.<\/p>\n

He responded: \u201cI think today was much closer to peak level. Look, he\u2019s dropped sets, he\u2019s lost a golf contest to Andy Murray. It\u2019s not been a perfect Wimbledon for him, but he\u2019s perfectly placed now, isn\u2019t he?<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Pat Cash claims Carlos Alcaraz is doing something on his forehand which only one other player in tennis history ever has<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he\u2019ll also be fresh. This was a quick kill against Cam Norrie. He gets the two days off as well, so he\u2019s going to have the jet fully fueled up and ready to go.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a really great challenge for Taylor. Taylor\u2019s got to play like he has nothing to lose out there, and we\u2019ll see which way it goes. But it\u2019s prime time baby, it\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TaylorPhoto by Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Adding her take, Davenport said: \u201cYeah, I can\u2019t wait for that match-up. But to see Alcaraz how he\u2019s moved through this tournament, few hiccups in the beginning, but there\u2019s no panic anymore.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot that he ever really got too stressed, but to have all these majors behind him, he knows he can afford to maybe drop a set here or there as he\u2019s working on things in his game, getting used to the courts this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd what is he trying to do? Play his best tennis when it matters, which is the second week of majors. Looks like that\u2019s happening for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It is set to be a very exciting match between Alcaraz and Fritz, with the former undoubtedly the favourite going into the clash.<\/p>\n

Both have shone on grass in their fantastic careers so far, but the Spanish star has been more impressive at Wimbledon overall, and is also enjoying a remarkable 23-match winning streak.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Fritz and Carlos Alcaraz will be reunited at Wimbledon, with the pair set to fight it out…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":53427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[1479,1466,34671,62,12335,1464,67,132,68,2071],"class_list":{"0":"post-53426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","10":"tag-jim-courier","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-taylor-fritz","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-wimbledon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114827558039093698","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}