American Taylor Fritz had his first taste of facing world number one Carlos Alcaraz in a Miami Open quarter-final loss on Thursday and said it had been a tougher experience than facing any of the sport's former 'Big Three'.The powerful Alcaraz dominated from the outset, breaking the 10th-ranked Fritz at the start of each set as he won 6-4, 6-2 in 78 minutes.Asked how his maiden appearance against the Spaniard compared to his first matches against the now retired Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic, Fritz did not disguise his opinion."Oh, I definitely felt like I had more breathing room against those guys than in this match," he said."I think that it's different game styles.
Novak will have these long rallies, but he'll kind of slowly get you out of position and overwhelm you. I still feel like I can hang in these rallies for a long time and get more chances to attack," he said."I think that I'd go back to the first couple games of the match.
He just hit winners off of a lot of shots, shots that people normally aren't hurting me off of."I just felt he was more offensive and pressed me a lot more," he said.Alcaraz forehand Shot Quality: 9.6 ??The highest forehand score in a match on the ATP Tour in 2023!
Devastating from @carlosalcaraz @tennis_insights #MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/I4A04AlatSFritz believes that Alcaraz is ahead of where multiple Grand Slam winners Federer, Nadal and Djokovic were in their late teens."It's not even what I saw today.