AMERICAN tennis star Taylor Fritz has been called "a classy dude" after landing a new endorsement deal with luxury jewelry and specialty design house Tiffany & Co. Fritz has been pictured on Instagram to announce the new partnership, to much acclaim from fans. "Excited to partner with @tiffanyandco ahead of the US Open!" he wrote.
"Make sure to stop by the Tiffany booth on-site to check out the US Open trophy." Fritz is a popular character and that shone through in the comments section. "Taylor is a classy dude.
Humble. Good choice by Tiffany & co," read one post. READ MORE on tennis "Classy combination here.
Good choice, Tiffany," a second fan said. "Wow what an amazing partner," a third fan said. "He comes across as a great guy, I can see why Tiffany want this partnership," a fourth fan said.
Plenty of fans joked too that Fritz would now need to be thinking about gifts for his girlfriend, influencer Morgan Riddle. Most read in Sport Fritz recently won a bronze medal with Tommy Paul in the men's doubles at the Paris Olympics. But he only won one match in tournaments in Montreal and Cincinnati.
He suffered early defeats at those events to compatriots Brandon Nakashima and Sebastian Korda respectively. Despite that, Fritz will still have high hopes of a decent run in the US Open at Flushing Meadows. The world No 12 reached the quarter-finals in New York last year.
He lost in the last eight to eventual winner Novak Djokovic . The 26-year old would love to go even further this time, in a tournament that he knows is an enormous one for US players. "It's huge - these are the two weeks of the year that I feel like all of America is really paying attention to tennis," Fritz told the Daily Mail.
"It's an awesome opportunity to really be seen." Fritz opens his campaign against Argentina's Camilo Ugo Carabelli. Read More on The US Sun The doors of Flushing Meadows opened on Monday morning for what is always a special event in American sport.
Live coverage of the tournament over the next two weeks will be on ABC and ESPN..
