In one of our first plays for Wimbledon, we took the Over on 3.5 sets in a meeting between Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Taylor Fritz. That ended up being a thrilling five-set battle, played over the course of two days because of the All England Club curfew.
Fritz ended up winning that match, and a few rounds later he’s set to face off with Jordan Thompson with a spot in the quarterfinals on the line. Like that match against Mpetshi Perricard, this is one the American should win. However, also like that first-round match, it’s one that could go four or five sets.
It’s no secret that Fritz thrives on grass. The American recently won his fourth Eastbourne title, and he did it after having won another grass title in Stuttgart two weeks earlier. Fritz is now 44-25 on grass in his career—and that 63.8% winning percentage is the best he has on any surface. His serve is just very difficult for opponents to deal with in slicker conditions and his ability to move and go big from the back of the court is also massive, especially considering he has some serious rally tolerance to go with all of that.