The tennis world has reacted to Rafa Nadal’s helpless display against Taylor Fritz after his opening group stage loss to the American at the ATP Finals.
Nadal entered the ATP Finals in Turin off the back of a first round loss at the Paris Masters last week.
More was expected of Nadal having had time to prepare for the event, which he has never won, and the Spaniard started brightly against the Indian Wells champ.
Fritz was the first to lift his game and was able to force a tiebreak in the first set.
And a couple of unusual unforced errors from the Spaniard saw him drop the opener in brutal fashion.
Fritz never looked back at this point.
The American, who defeated Nadal at Indian Wells, ran away with the second set with Nadal looking helpless in baseline rallies.
He also served three double faults as Fritz comfortably notched his first Green Group win 7-6, 6-1 in Turin.
The tennis world once again reacted to Nadal’s first round loss with the 22-time grand slam champ having not won a match since reaching the Wimbledon semi-final.
Frtiz’s victory also marked Nadal’s fourth loss to an American this year, having only lost seven times, in a bizarre run of form.
