American tennis star Taylor Fritz stunned Germany’s Alexander Zverev with a five-set victory at Wimbledon on Monday after being down two sets early in the match.
Zverev took the lead by winning the second set 7-6 (4), but Fritz stormed back to win the final three sets 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
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United States player Taylor Fritz (left) greets Germany’s Alexander Zverev after the fourth round of the men’s singles on the eighth day of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships at the British Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England on July 8, 2024. (Xi Tan/Getty Images)
The final words of celebration were said by Fritz’s girlfriend, Morgan Liddle, who appeared to mock Zverev in a post on her Instagram Story.
“When your guy wins over the girls,” she wrote, referencing allegations that he assaulted a woman in 2020.
“Ladies, let’s all speak out and support each other,” Riddle wrote in another post.
Morgan Liddle watches her boyfriend, Taylor Fritz, during day eight of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday, July 8, 2024. (Jordan Pettit/PA Images via Getty Images)
The post appears to have been deleted.
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Zverev settled his domestic violence case out of court with his ex-partner, who had accused him. A German court closed the case in June. Zverev agreed to pay about $162,000 in fines to the state and about $54,000 to charities.
Prosecutors alleged that Zverev pinned the woman against a wall and choked her during an argument. Zverev has pleaded not guilty.
Against Fritz, Zverev seemed to take issue with the cheers he heard from his opponent’s box in the fifth set. “It was a bit too much,” he said.
Taylor Fritz of the United States hits a backhand during his men’s singles fourth round match against Alexander Zverev of Germany during day eight of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England on July 8, 2024. (Xi Tan/Getty Images)
Zverev also acknowledged that he was playing through a knee injury.
“I was playing on one leg,” Zverev said. “I was definitely not 100 percent today. I wasn’t moving at all during the match. I wasn’t running to hit a drop shot. If I was running to hit a drop shot, I was dragging my foot more than I was running.”
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Fritz will face Lorenzo Musetti in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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