American number one Taylor Fritz was cheered on from the front row by his stunning girlfriend Morgan Riddle at the US Open on Monday afternoon.
Unfazed by the scorching New York sun, model and influencer Riddle donned a blue T-shirt and cream shorts to watch her boyfriend’s first-round match.
Throughout the first set, the 27-year-old could be heard cheering her man on with ‘Come on T’, before rising to her feet to celebrate her first-set win on Court Louis Armstrong.
At the end of the first set, after five minutes of fanning himself with his VIP pass, Riddle ran off the court for a break, stopping with fans on the way out to take selfies.
Until a few months ago, Riddle would have been able to blend into the crowd at her boyfriend’s tennis tournaments, but that is no longer the case.
Morgan Riddle beams with pride after her boyfriend Taylor Fritz won the first set on Monday
Model Riddle applauds her man from the front row despite the scorching sun in New York City
At the end of the first set, Riddle went on a break, having been fanning himself with his VIP pass.
She was recently labelled “the most famous woman in men’s tennis” by The New York Times, amid a bitter online feud with Fritz’s rival Alexander Zverev.
After Fritz defeated the German, who was accused of physically abusing the mother of his child in 2020 and has since agreed to pay her $217,820 in a settlement, Riddle posted on his Instagram Story: ‘A win for the girls.’
Although Zverev was cleared of any wrongdoing, the Instagram post appeared to reference his off-court issues and the player himself took offense at the comments.
“His team is extremely respectful. I think his coach, his physiotherapist and also his second coach are extremely respectful,” Zverev said.
“I think there are other people who may be in the draw who are not part of the tennis world, who are not exactly the kind of people who watch every match. They went a bit overboard.”
Fritz looked in great form during his first round match against Ugo Carabelli on Monday.
She later addressed the cryptic post, clarifying: “Regarding my stories from yesterday… I took them down as soon as I realized the misunderstanding and how out of proportion the media had blown them.”
She continued: “It wasn’t about anything that had happened off the tennis court and there’s no bad blood between anyone.”
It remains to be seen whether Fritz and Zverev will play again at this year’s US Open.
