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Bringing the Heat to the Ramp and the Court in Equal Measure, Taylor Fritz Talks Up Tennis’ Role in Opening Lucrative Doors

Published 10/19/2023, 9:32 AM EDT

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Apart from being a tennis player, over the years, Taylor Fritz has seen himself in other different roles. He has displayed his life in front of the camera with the tennis documentary series and also saw the light of fashion. While he is quite new to the fashion industry, he is one of the budding fashion icons seen on the tennis court.

Since he started dating Morgan Riddle, his girlfriend, his fashion has significantly improved. Upon his ascent to fame as a fashionista, he recently revealed how, in the grand scheme of things, tennis had given him access to the world of fashion.

Taylor Fritz details how he entered the fashion world

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Although the 25-year-old American tennis player is performing well on the sporting front, he is hungry to explore other opportunities available to tennis players, such as holding fashion labels with him. A few weeks prior, during New York Fashion Week, the top player in the United States walked the Hermès runway and starred in a frame campaign.

 

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Recently, in an interview with magazine.com, the 10th-ranked tennis player talked about how he entered the world of fashion with the help of tennis. He said, “Over the past few years, I have been a lot more into fashion. It’s something that I definitely want to do more of to build my brand. I remember saying to one of my friends when we were 15 or 16 that if tennis didn’t work out I would model, and obviously tennis has opened the door to do a lot of things.”

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Along with that, he also displayed an interest in being more fashionably active off the tennis court. Subsequently, he also detailed how entering the fashion industry was his alternative plan before getting ready to be a tennis star.

However, did you know that Fritz made hints about having a stylish substitute for tennis while highlighting how he was poised to make waves in the fashion industry as a model? The American top seed, after achieving one of the biggest wins of his tennis career against Rafael Nadal, talked about how he always had a backup ready if tennis didn’t work.

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Taylor Fritz’s alternate option other than tennis

In an interview with ‘Hauteliving,’ the world number 10th-ranked tennis player after Indian Wells expressed himself as a person who is also interested in modeling and taking up other fashionable roles. He stated how it’s quite important to create a name in other aspects, apart from the tennis world.

In addition, he also talked about taking modeling as a career; he explained how he is already into fashion while walking runways is something he can branch out and work on. However, he is quite mindful of the choices he makes in fashion, and he is quite loyal to luxury brands including Burberry, Dior, and Amiri.

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Apart from this, what do you think about Fritz as a model? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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Pratishtha Prakash

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Pratishtha Prakash is a Senior Tennis Writer at EssentiallySports. With over 1600 articles under her name, she has an unbridled passion for covering the intriguing developments in the off-court lives of the biggest tennis stars. Pratishtha entered the dynamic world of sports journalism after completing her Bachelor’s degree in Mass Media and Journalism.
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