"I shouldn't have said yes to doing that" - Taylor Fritz reflects on being setup during viral interview at the ESPYs

After a moment that left him slightly embarrassed, tennis star Taylor Fritz has expressed regret at agreeing to an interview that would later go viral due to the American's slight inebriation.

The top-ranked American was present at the annual ESPY's event, where a clip featuring him would later go viral. Fritz was interviewed by a social media influencer, who would ask him a question as the California native was leaving the venue.

Slightly intoxicated, Fritz agreed to answer a quick question. However, the interviewer would present Fritz with a math problem, asking for the total amount of 50 $20 bills, to which the American was unable to quickly solve due to his intoxication.

"Let me think for a second," responded Fritz. "Uh, every five is a hundred, so... every five is a hundred, so that’s... I’ve been drinking too much tonight. Every five is a hundred, so... there’s ten fives—I mean... it’s $10,000"

The clip of Fritz failing the simple math question would find it's way to the internet, initially posted by the Instagram account @alfredopastadonn. Subsequently, Fritz would be forced to chime in on the matter during a press conference at the ongoing DC Open, where he was unsure on whether the interviewer's goal was to embarrass him.

"I shouldn't have said yes to doing that," said the World No.4. "I knew it was one of those. I had just left the ESPYs after party... I'm actually pretty happy with how it turned out, because when I did the interview, in my head, I thought that I was, like, going to sound super drunk. But I actually sounded very coherent, like normal. I don't think you'd ever tell from watching the video. I was happy about that.
"I know those street interviews are such a setup too. He said he was going to interview me, ask me some questions, and he hit me with a math question. It's really bad. It's really, really bad."

The 27-year old is the top seed at the DC Open, where he advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Italian Matteo Arnaldi in straigtht sets.