Taylor Fritz said Friday he expects Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner to continue dominating Grand Slams but he “can’t count on them not being there” if he wants to win one.

World number one Alcaraz and number two Sinner have contested every Grand Slam final this year, with American Fritz the last player to break up the duopoly.

Fritz, now the world number five, reached last year’s US Open final, where he lost to Italy’s Sinner.

Fritz, who beat Portugal’s Nuno Borges 7-5, 7-6 (7/4) at the Japan Open on Saturday, said he could not afford to be afraid of meeting the top two if he wants to win his first Grand Slam title.

“I can’t count on making it happen on maybe the one-off Slam where they have a random loss or something like that,” Fritz said.

“I need to be able to play at a level wher

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