The American was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Rafa Nadal after an epic match
The regulations do not contemplate that a tennis player replaces another injured in the middle of the tournament
The American Taylor Fritzeliminated in the quarterfinals by Rafael Nadal, He rejected the hypothesis of entering as a ‘lucky loser’ (lucky loser) in the semifinals of Wimbledon due to the loss of the Spanish due to injury and said that he does not want “alms”.
Despite the fact that the possibility of a tennis player replacing another injured in the middle of the tournament is not contemplated in the regulations, the American met those who told him on social networks that he would have to play the semifinal against the Australian Nick Kyrgios. “I’m not looking for handouts,” Fritz said on Instagram. “If I couldn’t beat him on the court, I don’t deserve to be in the semifinals. Simple as that,” he added.
The ‘lucky loser’ rule only applies to those tennis players who cannot pass the qualifying phase of a tournament and who enter the final table as a repitch due to the loss of another player.
Once the tournament begins, that no longer happens and the tennis players who do not play a match because their rival is injured and retires go directly to the next round, as they will Kyrgioswho will not have to play the semifinals and will wait for the British in the final cameron norrie or to Serbian Novak Djokovic.