Regardless of going through prime seed Sinner, Fritz says he expects the ultimate to be much less traumatic than his gruelling five-set win over Tiafoe.
“It was to make a US Open remaining, whoever gained it was the American that made it to the ultimate. It is a traumatic scenario to be in,” Fritz mentioned.
“It is completely different from taking part in the world primary, who you are most likely not going to be the favorite towards.”
The 26-year-old gained his first encounter with Sinner at Indian Wells in 2021, however he fell to a 6-4 4-6 6-4 defeat by the Italian on the identical match final yr.
“I’ve all the time loved taking part in him [Sinner]. To be trustworthy, I do not assume I’ll be put in a extra traumatic scenario than I used to be as we speak,” Fritz added.
Sinner, 22, arrived in New York in prime type and is on an 11-match profitable streak having gained his third ATP Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati final month.
By reaching the US Open remaining, he has seemingly put the controversy of testing positive for a banned substance earlier this yr behind him.
“We went simply daily, actually, with not so many expectations,” mentioned Sinner, who beat British primary Jack Draper within the semi-finals.
“I used to be simply looking for confidence all through the times. We practised very exhausting within the days in between attempting to arrange every match in the very best manner.”
There can be a deal with Sinner’s left wrist, which he appeared to injure after falling within the second set towards Draper.
“The physio loosened it up very quick on court docket, so I felt OK to start with. Then it went away by taking part in, which is sweet,” Sinner mentioned in his post-match information convention on Friday.
“Hopefully it is nothing to be involved about. I am fairly relaxed, as a result of if it is one thing dangerous, you are feeling it straightaway a bit extra.”
