{"id":296493,"date":"2023-10-20T10:09:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296493"},"modified":"2023-10-20T10:09:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:09:12","slug":"wimbledon-quarter-finalist-fritz-wanted-to-model-if-tennis-career-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/wimbledon-quarter-finalist-fritz-wanted-to-model-if-tennis-career-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon quarter-finalist Fritz wanted to model if tennis career failed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Halep given four-year ban from tennis over doping offences<\/h3>\n<p>Taylor Fritz has the world at his feet at the age of 25. The world No. 10 is the top-ranked man in US tennis and already has six ATP titles to his name. The 6ft 5&#8243; Californian did his growing reputation no harm by reaching the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 2022 before repeating the feat at this year&#8217;s US Open where he was taken down by eventual champion Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>Fritz reached a career-best ranking of 5 in February and although he has slipped back a little since, he is still delivering the goods both on and off the court. And had he not made it as a professional tennis player he still had his natural good looks to fall back on.<\/p>\n<p>The poster boy of US tennis has dipped his toe into the world of modelling and was recognised for his non-sporting talents when featured on the front of Haute Living magazine in August, prior to the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>He has since admitted that it is an industry he is starting to take more seriously and could possibly have pursued full-time if he hadn&#8217;t broken into the ATP tour.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to C Magazine, Fritz said: \u201cOver the past few years, I have been a lot more into fashion. It\u2019s something that I definitely want to do more of to build my brand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I remember saying to one of my friends when we were 15 or 16 that if tennis didn\u2019t work out I would model. And obviously, tennis has opened the door to do a lot of things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/5023190.jpg?r=1697794584736\"><\/p>\n<p>The American&#8217;s appeal is reflected by his 500,000 followers on Instagram, where he keeps fans updated on his progress both on and off the courts.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently in a relationship with influencer Morgan Riddle, who regularly shares photos of her life on tour with Fritz.<\/p>\n<p>After doing a one-to-one interview with the New York edition of Haute Living, he starred in a lavish photoshoot that ran alongside the feature article.<\/p>\n<p>Fritz truly shot to prominence after beating tennis great Rafael Nadal to win his first Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells in 2022.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz risk backlash after signing up to exhibition[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Tennis icon Boris Becker returns to coach &#8216;diamond in the rough&#8217; Holger Rune[COACHING RETURN] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Billie Jean King plots Andy Murray blueprint after Coco Gauff&#8217;s US Open triumph[BLUEPRINT] <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Advert-free experience without interruptions.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Rocket-fast speedy loading pages.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Exclusive &amp; Unlimited access to all our content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/5023203.jpg?r=1697794584798\"><\/p>\n<p>But any plans to make a career out of modelling on a more permanent basis will have to take a back seat for now, such are the demands placed on a top modern tennis player.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Haute Living in August, he said: \u201cI worked really hard for a really long time for this. And, for a really long time, I really have given up a normal life \u2014 though I probably held on to [normalcy] longer than most other players did; I stayed in high school until partway through my sophomore year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But from then on, I made the decision that I was going to dedicate everything I had to tennis. Now I\u2019m travelling 10 months out of the year. I don\u2019t get to be home much; I don\u2019t get to hang out with friends a lot. It\u2019s tough, but I\u2019ve just accepted it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/1826023\/Wimbledon-Taylor-Fritz-model-tennis-career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halep given four-year ban from tennis over doping offences Taylor Fritz has the world at his feet at the age <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wimbledon quarter-finalist Fritz wanted to model if tennis career failed - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/wimbledon-quarter-finalist-fritz-wanted-to-model-if-tennis-career-failed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wimbledon quarter-finalist Fritz wanted to model if tennis career failed - 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