Top seed Taylor Fritz regrettably withdraws from Eastbourne to prioritise Wimbledon

[p]His withdrawal comes after second ‌seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fonseca-joao/tv073LUc/"]Joao Fonseca[/a] of Brazil ‌also pulled out.[/p][p][b]"Unfortunately, I have to withdraw from Eastbourne ‌this year," [/b]the American ⁠said ‌on X. [b]"I waited up until after ​the match warmup to make the decision today ​because I really did want to play.[/b][/p][p]"This is never ⁠an easy ​decision for me, especially when it involves a tournament that means so much to ‌me. While I know it's the right call, it doesn't make it any less disappointing."[/p][embed guid="33d7cbfb-246a-4515-a39e-5cccb82a0162" url="https://x.com/Taylor_Fritz97/status/2069754610688954483" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 28-year-old world number seven has won the Wimbledon warm-up event four times in total and will ‌be expected to make ​a deep run at the ‌All England Club.[/p][p]He has shown strong form on grass so far this year, reaching the final in ⁠Halle ⁠and Stuttgart.[/p]