Regardless of going through prime seed Sinner, Fritz says he expects the ultimate to be much less nerve-racking than his gruelling five-set win over Tiafoe.
“It was to make a US Open remaining, whoever received it was the American that made it to the ultimate. It is a nerve-racking state of affairs to be in,” Fritz mentioned.
“It is completely different from enjoying the world primary, who you are in all probability not going to be the favorite towards.”
The 26-year-old received 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 enjoying him [Sinner]. To be sincere, I do not assume I’ll be put in a extra nerve-racking state of affairs than I used to be at the moment,” Fritz added.
Sinner, 22, arrived in New York in prime kind and is on an 11-match successful streak having received 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 day-to-day, 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 onerous within the days in between attempting to arrange every match in the absolute best manner.”
There will likely be a concentrate on 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 enjoying, which is nice,” 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 unhealthy, you are feeling it straightaway a bit extra.”