“Feel like I could’ve been nominated for most improved.” – Taylor Fritz expresses disappointment at not being amongst nominees for Most Improved ATP Player of 2022 award

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2/12/2022 11:19 PM

American tennis pro – Taylor Fritz had a fine season that saw him win 3 titles and make his ATP Finals debut.

FW1xca5XoAI ECX — Taylor Fritz at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships (Image Credit: US Open Tennis – Twitter)

The governing body of men’s professional tennis – ATP has released a list of nominees for different categories one among them is the list of Most Improved Player of the Year. Taylor Fritz’s name is not on the list.

The players who have made the cut are Jack Draper, Carlos Alcaraz, Maxime Cressy, and Holger Rune. Players like Fritz and Felix Auger-Aliassime could have also been on the list but there is only room for four.

Fritz took to Twitter and expressed his disappointment at not having been named on the list of nominees. The 25-year-old felt that he should have at least been nominated. He was clear in admitting that he would not win but he expected a nomination at the least.

“Feel like I could’ve been nominated for most improved…. not saying I should win it or anything crazy like that but maybe just a nom,” wrote Fritz on Twitter.

Feel like I could’ve been nominated for most improved…. not saying I should win it or anything crazy like that but maybe just a nom https://t.co/oNFBOiPzyp
— Taylor Fritz (@Taylor_Fritz97) December 1, 2022

Twitter reactions

Tennis fans on Twitter had mixed reactions regarding Taylor Fritz’s absence from the list of nominations for the Most Improved Player of the Year award.

FWHC4e1VsAE5JKr — Taylor Fritz erupts in joy after winning the title in Eastbourne (Image Credit: ATP Tour – Twitter)

While some believed that Fritz’s journey from No. 23 to No. 9 was tougher than players who made bigger movements during the year, some opined that the American athlete’s progression did not surprise people as he had the potential for a very long time.

Totale agree with that, Taylor…no need to be a tennis genius to note your improvement in almost all your fundamentals, it’s not just a matter of ranking, rather a matter of being different on court positively speaking! 👏
— Carlo Petrucci (@CarloRM61) December 1, 2022

Yes. Rune is nominated for Newcomer and Most Improved. Most improved nom should go to you.
— DomiNos (@LukeDarcy2023) December 1, 2022

I get your point but I would still say 23 to 9 is a stronger accomplishment. Fritz taking that long to get to top 50 kinda shows how impressive it was for him to do what he did this year.
— Cole (@ColeOriented) December 1, 2022

if you're going to say something like that, then you need to name names: who on the list should not be there, so you can take their place?
— Paul Theroff (@DPT_KC) December 1, 2022

https://twitter.com/holdentheblues/status/1598383241610035201?s=20&t=aANQuRLdLKsX4CHuz5PQGA

Who decides the nominees? the same ones that did not give points in wimbledon? ATP awards are a joke, the ATP is a joke, you are one of the best on the planet and you know it, but I am with you 100%, because you always have the balls to speak your mind, and that is gold to me ✊
— jorgeugenio (@jorgeugenio1) December 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/GuptaRij/status/1598406247954657280?s=20&t=aANQuRLdLKsX4CHuz5PQGA

Taylor, you spend all the time complaining.. about balls, courts.. now you claim you deserve an award.. come on dude..
— Nico (@niko_machado) December 1, 2022

I can think of $4,489,807 reasons not to feel too badly about the slight !! Great player, great year ! Keep up the good work – you are making us proud !
— David Terrell (@DWTerrell) December 1, 2022

I think it's mostly because people are not really surprised by your progression. U had the potential to do it but was like missing something, which u found this year.
But yeah you over rune wouldn't be undeserved
— Stats of the match (@KpanouKen) December 1, 2022

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