"Some broke the rules": Taylor Fritz shares ultra specific guidelines behind ATP Finals group photo
ATPSunday, 10 November 2024 at 18:44
Taylor Fritz took down Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-3 to open up his account at the ATP Finals in Turin with victory. It was a masterclass from the American who proved why he should be in the field albeit with drama surrounding his opponent.
But that wasn't zoomed in on during his post match interview with a new segment aiming more on the fun angle with The Aftermath as he lauded the support he got in the crowd asking for them to return for the Sinner match next on Tuesday.
"It's really cool to see I have support like that all the way in Italy. Hopefully those guys are there holding the sign when I'm playing Jannik (Sinner) but I mean I don't expect it," said Fritz on The Aftermatch with ATP.
"It was tense especially in the beginning. Both of us knew how important this match is going to be for the group and the chances of making it out. When there's only three matches to play it's tough to make it out the group starting at 0-1. Very high energy, walking out on court was pretty sick too."
But he also opened up on not only his hair but also the way in which the ATP Finals group photo is put together with specific rules being broken according to Fritz.
"We had pretty specific guidelines for what we were wearing. So it wasn't easy to throw together the outfits. I wasn't supposed to wear black pants or suit tops. Suits weren't supposed to match so some broke the rules. Those people look a lot better to be honest. I thought Demon (Alex de Minaur) or Casper (Ruud) (looked best). Some people didn't follow the guidelines and to be fair those people looked the best."
Whilst he said that he was going to get his blonde hair touched up but the barber couldn't do it so he had to revert with no outside interference from his friends, family or girlfriend Morgan Riddle.
"Nobody convinced me. It just wasn't looking good after a couple of weeks. I wasn't taking good care of it. I was going to get it re touched up blonde. The place I went wasn't able to do it."
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