{"id":414903,"date":"2026-01-15T15:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/414903\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:27:13","slug":"us-tennis-star-taylor-fritz-reacts-to-getting-called-out-on-live-tv-over-skipping-aus-opens-1-point-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/414903\/","title":{"rendered":"US tennis star Taylor Fritz reacts to getting called out on live TV over skipping Aus Open\u2019s 1 Point Slam"},"content":{"rendered":"

After expressing regret over skipping the Australian<\/a> Open\u2019s 1 Point Slam pre-tournament event this week, American tennis<\/a> player Taylor Fritz has shared his sardonic reaction to getting called out on live TV<\/a> for his no-show.<\/p>\n

The exhibition event pits amateur players and wildcards against bona fide stars in a knock-out draw offering a $1 million grand prize, held days out from the Melbourne-based grand slam\u2019s official commencement on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Sydney amateur player Jordan Smith took out the event, advancing past world number two Jannik Sinner, with Fritz expressing his \u201cFOMO\u201d over opting not to participate.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that I\u2019m actually watching it on TV, massive L from me to not be playing the one point slam, this looks like so much fun,\u201d he shared to X.<\/p>\n

However, not only did the star have his social media post shared live on-air during the broadcast, but commentators Renae Stubbs and Todd Woodbridge directly called him out for having skipped the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaylor, next year get your butt out here,\u201d Stubbs said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCome on, you should be here,\u201d Woodbridge added, beckoning to the world number 9.<\/p>\n

\"TaylorCamera IconTaylor Fritz dejected. Credit: Instagram @moorrgs<\/p>\n

Fritz\u2019 girlfriend and prominent influencer Morgan Riddle captured his live reaction to the commentary, which she captioned, \u201cfomo :(\u201c in a video shared to her Instagram story.<\/p>\n

Fritz appeared dejected as the camera panned from the TV to the topless star, who subtly shook his head and smirked as he accepted he\u2019d made an error in judgment.<\/p>\n

\"MorganCamera IconMorgan Riddle. Credit: Instagram @moorrgs<\/p>\n

Fritz competed in Perth<\/a> earlier this month for the United Cup tournament, with Riddle accompanying him on his Aussie jaunt as she does most years.<\/p>\n

The WAG is recognised for her fashionable courtside fits, travel<\/a> diaries and high-end brand collaborations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After expressing regret over skipping the Australian Open\u2019s 1 Point Slam pre-tournament event this week, American tennis player…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,134,995,44,5070,588,85,747],"class_list":["post-414903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-influencers","tag-news","tag-offbeat","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}