Taylor Fritz's Path To Another Banner Season In 2017
In August 2015, the spotlight had not yet discovered 17-year-old American Taylor Fritz. He was No. 685 in the Emirates ATP Rankings and had lost in the first round of US Open qualifying to No. 123 Luca Vanni 6-3, 6-3. Fritz won only three points against the Italian’s first serve, four against his second serve, and was not able to generate a single break point. And then everything changed. The American won 11 straight matches and strung together four impressive results in four months: Oct. 2015: Won $100K Challenger, Sacramento, California Oct. 2015: Won $50K Challenger, Fairfield, California Nov. 2015: Finalist $50K Challenger, Champaign, Illinois Jan. 2016: Won $75K Challenger, Onkaparinga, Australia Fritz’s ranking jumped from No. 685 to No....