Taylor Fritz upset fourth-ranked Alexander Zverev in fourth-round Wimbledon action on Monday, giving the American a historic victory. WHAT A WIN. US #1 Taylor Fritz gets the biggest Grand Slam win of his career, beating world #4 Alexander Zverev (Race #2) from two sets down to reach the QFs at #Wimbledon .
4-6, 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-3. 3h30. Fantastic comeback.
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13 Taylor Fritz takes down No. 4 Alexander Zverev in a five-set thriller !!️ It's his first career major win against an opponent ranked in the top 5 of the ATP Rankings pic.twitter.
com/UF8qyMPLBJ Fritz was 0-9 against top 5 players in Grand Slams before today. Big moment for him. pic.
twitter.com/14xQNsKHqg As monumental of a victory as it was for Fritz, the collapse was just as shocking for Zverev. The German had won 12 straight sets leading into the third one against Fritz, before seeing his opponent advance to the quarterfinals.
Zverev has never won a Grand Slam event but has made it to two finals. He fell to Dominic Thiem in the 2020 U.S.
Open finals and made it to three straight French Open semifinals, before breaking through to advance in 2024. Zverev lost to Carlos Alcaraz in excruciating fashion, losing in five sets after holding a 2-1 lead. During the season's first major at the Australian Open, the 27-year-old made his first semifinal "down under" since 2020.
After beating Alcaraz in the quarterfinals and going up 2-0 against Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals, he fell in a fiv.