American No. 1 Taylor Fritz was left saying, “I couldn’t do anything” after putting together a stirring comeback on No. 1 Court at Wimbledon on Monday night.
Two sets down in his first-round match against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, the American rode out the storm to win the next two sets, including a fourth-set tiebreak in which he rallied from a 5-1 deficit, two points from defeat.
After doing so, he pumped his chest to his box, let out a cry of “let’s f—ing go” and sat down ready to ride the wave of momentum to the finish line … or so he thought.
After a protracted discussion with a tournament official, the match was suspended due to the Wimbledon curfew, which is at 11 p.m. local time, even though it was only 10:18 p.m. when play was stopped.
“Then don’t ask me,” Fritz said as he sat down in his chair and packed up his rackets, before saying to his box that he “couldn’t do anything.”
Taylor Fritz frustrated as Wimbledon comeback is interrupted by curfew
