{"id":2190441,"date":"2026-10-11T07:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T04:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2190441"},"modified":"2026-10-11T07:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T04:30:56","slug":"taylor-fritz-goes-from-getting-cooked-in-tokyo-to-being-miserable-at-shanghai-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2190441","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Fritz goes from getting &#8216;cooked&#8217; in Tokyo to being &#8216;miserable&#8217; at Shanghai Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Taylor Fritz goes from getting \u2018cooked\u2019 in Tokyo to being \u2018miserable\u2019 at Shanghai Masters<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex gap-x-3 gap-y-1 md:gap-x-4 flex-wrap items-center\">\n                        <span class=\"ps-authors flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-1.5 max-w-full gap-y-0.5 text-sm font-normal text-author\"><span class=\"ps-author-item whitespace-nowrap\"><a class=\"ps-author text-sm font-normal !text-author\" rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/shahidaj\">Shahida Jacobs<\/a><\/span><\/span>                        <time class=\"flex-shrink-0 text-sm font-normal text-info\" datetime=\"11 Oct 2026 8:30 AM\" data-ps-date=\"11 Oct 2026 8:30 AM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1791703856\"><br \/>\n                            11 Oct 2026 8:30 AM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" 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!my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fritz-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Fritz at the US Open\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Taylor Fritz reacts during a match                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Fritz kicked off his Shanghai Masters campaign with a solid win over Matteo Arnaldi yet he cut a frustrated figure throughout the contest as he struggled with the balls being used at the ATP 1000 event.<\/p>\n<p>The American started the tournament on the back of a shock first-round exit at last week\u2019s Japan Open, but he controlled proceedings against Arnaldi, winning 7-5, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>Fritz was delighted to bounce back after getting \u201cabsolutely cooked\u201d in the heat in Tokyo as he explained: \u201cI felt good about my tennis the whole time, I think Tokyo was just tough circumstances for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I went to Laver Cup [in London] pretty early and then it rained the first two days I was in Tokyo so I hadn\u2019t seen the sun in like 12 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then I came out for my first match and the sun was so strong and it was just a brutally hot day and it really just blitzed me cause I hadn\u2019t had any heat acclimatisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like my tennis was good, but just tough circumstances and it absolutely cooked me so I feel a lot better now.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>ATP News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jimmy-connors-novak-djokovic-exposed-tennis-warning-rivals\">Jimmy Connors says Novak Djokovic has \u2018exposed tennis\u2019 as he sends warning to the Serb\u2019s rivals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-new-look-moustache-warning\">Carlos Alcaraz opens up on his new look as he sends out ominous warning to his rivals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the comfortable scoreline during the Arnaldi match, Fritz was heard telling his team \u201cit is frustrating\u201d several times during the contest, and the quality of the balls was the main reason for his disgruntlement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce the balls get worn out, I can hit the ball in one line as hard as I can then the other line as hard as I can and then he just passes me, and gets a full hit on it,\u201d the world No 12 said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank God they sped the courts up this year, like it\u2019s faster, so at least it still kind of goes. These balls they are so fast brand new and then they wear out so fast and once they get worn out, God, it\u2019s just miserable to try to finish a point, like so tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time that the condition of the balls has been criticised by top ATP players, as the likes of Carlos Alcaraz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/news\/daniil-medvedev-familiar-complaint-painful-dubai-defeat\">Daniil Medvedev<\/a> and Alexander Zverev have all hit out at the lack of standardisation across different tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Laver Cup where the courts were slow, Alcaraz revealed he made a request to ATP bosses about the balls being used on the Tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is about the balls, I would say,\u201d the seven-time Grand Slam winner said. \u201cWe can see during a lot of tournaments how the balls\u2019 reaction from the court is totally different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ball becomes super big, and it\u2019s totally different game when it\u2019s new balls. We play two or three games with that balls, you have to adapt yourself the best you can.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if they\u2019re going to change it or not, but what I requested is that they have to see the best ball possible for the courts are made, the tournaments we\u2019re going to play. I think that\u2019s a really important things to know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Fritz goes from getting \u2018cooked\u2019 in Tokyo to being \u2018miserable\u2019 at Shanghai Masters Shahida Jacobs 11 Oct 2026 8:30 AM Taylor Fritz reacts during a match Taylor Fritz kicked off his Shanghai Masters campaign with a solid win over Matteo Arnaldi yet he cut a frustrated figure throughout the contest as he struggled with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2190441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2190441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2190441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2190441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2190441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2190441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}