Taylor Fritz regrets comment about his girlfriend at Wimbledon and says it was 'not the best choice of words’

American tennis superstar Taylor Fritz has admitted that his remark made astatine Wimbledon astir woman Morgan Riddle was 'not the champion prime of words'.

On Tuesday afternoon, Fritz took connected Russian Karen Khachanov successful a Wimbledon quarter-final clash connected Court One.

The American had to excavation heavy but did travel retired connected apical by winning 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4) successful 4 sets.

As a result, the fig 5 effect volition present instrumentality connected two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, who easy brushed Britain's Cameron Norrie speech connected Centre Court, winning 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.

Speaking aft the triumph against Khachanov, Fritz paid tribute to his influencer woman Riddle, whom helium has been dating since 2020.

When asked astir Riddle's value successful his career, the American explained: "Yeah, I mean, there's been a beauteous constant, I guess, results and ranking emergence since we've been together.

"I deliberation I would person to accidental she's been a large assistance to maine conscionable benignant of keeping maine focused, having idiosyncratic who cares and conscionable pushes you to conscionable bash amended and bash the close things, beryllium healthier."

Taylor Fritz has precocious into the past 4 of this year's Wimbledon. Image: Getty

He added: "Almost similar benignant of conscionable parent maine successful a mode with, like, the fare and going to slumber connected time. But conscionable having idiosyncratic to propulsion you successful the close absorption each the time, supporting you, it helps a lot.

"There's an evident correlation betwixt my results and ranking and the clip we've been together."

After the 'mother me' remark drew laughter wrong the property league room, Fritz smiled and said: "Yeah, that possibly wasn't the champion prime of words."

Reacting to his win, the 27-year-old continued: "It’s an astonishing feeling. Having played the quarter-finals present doubly and mislaid successful 5 [sets] twice, I don’t deliberation I could person taken different one. I’m truly blessed I’m going to get to play the semis here.

Morgan Riddle watches connected astatine Wimbledon. Image: Getty

"I’m feeling large to get done it. The lucifer was going truthful good for maine for 2 sets, I’ve ne'er truly had a lucifer conscionable flip truthful quickly, truthful I’m truly blessed however I came backmost successful the 4th acceptable and got it done. I deliberation momentum was not going to beryllium connected my broadside successful the fifth."

On the different broadside of the draw, the likes of Jannik Sinner, Ben Shelton, Flavio Cobolli and Novak Djokovic volition conflict for the past 2 remaining semi-final places.

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