I shouldn't have agreed to do that," Fritz reacts to viral video after ESPN ceremony

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Arthur Millot

le 26/07/2025 à 17h55

1 min to read

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During the annual awards ceremony hosted by ESPN (the ESPYs), Fritz made headlines by responding to an influencer on-site. The American, slightly drunk after the dinner, stumbled over a question from "alfredopastadonn" (his TikTok username). The influencer asked him to calculate the total amount of 50 twenty-dollar bills. The world No. 4 responded:

"Let me think for a second… I drank too much tonight. I mean… That’s $10,000, what did you say again? Damn… I’m an idiot."

Following the video, the 27-year-old player addressed the incident during a press conference in Washington (reported by Tennis Up To Date).

"I shouldn’t have agreed to do that. I had just left the ESPYs after-party… At the same time, I was pretty surprised when I rewatched the clip because I thought I’d look completely wasted. But actually, I seemed pretty coherent. I don’t think you can really tell from the video.

I also know interviews can be traps. The influencer told me he was going to interview me, ask me questions, and then it turned into a math problem. It was a total disaster.