Taylor Fritz makes an amazing comeback against Alexander Zverev at Wimbledon, which then leads to a feud between Zverev and Fritz’s girlfriend Morgan Riddle as she dances on his grave

Taylor Fritz just played one of the best matches of his career, overcoming a two-set deficit to beat Alexander Zverev and advance to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. Anyone who has followed Fritz over the years can see the evolution not only in his game on the court, but also in his mentality. The guy didn’t collapse when he was about to be eliminated, he got better. His serve was worth money and he delivered winner after winner when it mattered most – 69 winners: 23 unforced errors.

After the match, Zverev had a lot to say to Taylor at the net, which obviously made everyone curious about what he had talked about.

I’m glad Zverev has learned to lose with class. Just kidding, right after Fritz wins the biggest match of his life, he has to listen to a lecture about a certain person in his box who “overdoes it”. Fuck off, dude, let Taylor enjoy the moment.

Zverev made the guesswork easy by leaving Taylor’s coach, physiotherapist and second coach out of the drama. So who would that leave? I’m going to take a wild guess and assume he challenged Morgan Riddle, Fritz’s long-time girlfriend. Here’s what she posted right after the match ended.

The reasons for the hatred of Zverev? In case you don’t know, he was involved in a years-long domestic violence lawsuit. That was only recently settled, with Zverev paying $218,000 to preserve his presumption of innocence. The settlement was not an admission of guilt or innocence, but rather was driven by the alleged victim who just wanted closure after a long, grueling trial. There are no domestic violence policies in tennis, so he was allowed to play throughout the court proceedings. I’m not here to say what he did or didn’t do, but that’s the basis of Zverev’s hatred of the sport of tennis. You can see why Morgan hates him. Personally, I love rivalries in tennis. This one is messy and it doesn’t feel like it’s over yet. Right now, it obviously seems to be a rivalry between Zverev and Fritz’s girlfriend, but if it turns into Fritz-hatred, then there will be fireworks.

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Morgan is very good for the sport of tennis. The old guard of the sport despise her, as they do most influencers, but I think she means well with her content. At least she’s bringing a young female audience to a game that definitely didn’t have that before. Grow the game, Morgan!

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Highlights of Taylor’s game can be found here

PS Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul just became the first American men’s pair since 2000 to make the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Tommy faces Alcaraz tomorrow, which you should definitely watch. Fritz faces Italy’s Musetti on Wednesday. Let’s finally win a Grand Slam title, guys.