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US fifth seed Taylor Fritz hoped to avoid a third successive five-set marathon against Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Fritz last month won a fourth title on the grass at Eastbourne but has had two punishing outings at the All England Club this week.America's rising tennis star is dating Morgan Riddle , a Minnesota-born influencer-turned-courtroom companion. Taylor and Morgan's love story started under the shadow of a global Covid pandemic, but quickly gained attention.Morgan Riddle is the girlfriend of tennis superstar Taylor Fritz - and she has gained a massive following on social media documenting his success. The 27-year-old has supported Taylor Fritz from the player box tournaments and she notably sparked a controversy with defeated rival Zverev with a now-deleted video, according to The Sun.Morgan Riddle is a successful professional influencer and media personality who has a combined total of 1 million followers on Instagram and TikTok, suggests media reports. "People write crazy things about us and our relationship," she said in a March 2025 interview on The Squeeze podcast with Tay Lautner. "[But] we really love each other. We have a very healthy relationship [and] nothing that anyone says online is gonna have any sort of effect on that."Riddle has managed to gain millions of followers on Instagram and TikTok fashion, beauty and travel content and is most widely known for giving a glimpse of how the inside world of tennis looks, thus making it more appealing for younger generation. One of her most viral TikTok explains her mission to make "tennis cool again." She starts the video by saying, "I know tennis is relatively uncool and unknown in America." (sic) Riddle was also there to cheer Fritz on at the 2024 US Open, sharing plenty of photos of her time at the matches on Instagram.According to a report in People, Taylor Fritz and Morgan Riddle met on Raya, a members-only dating app. Riddle told PEOPLE she had just moved to Los Angeles in "peak Covid" and "didn't know anybody," so she went on the app to find some people to hang out with — and met Fritz."Because it was during Covid, no restaurants were open, no bars were open so we ordered sushi," she said. "We went to his place and I made him watch Midsommar with me, the really messed up horror movie. Why I chose that as my first introduction to a guy, I don't really know. I think I traumatized him a little bit."The couple celebrated their three-year anniversary in June 2023. Although the two are constantly traveling together, it is still hard to celebrate as both are busy with their careers, Riddle told PEOPLE."That's one negative side is we can't really celebrate things like that or holidays or anything," Riddle said. "Usually we're on airplanes for Christmas. I think he had a match that day. We might have done dinner."Netflix released a series about the world of competitive tennis, which both Fritz and Riddle appeared in. The series, Break Point, was made by the same team behind the hit show Formula 1: Drive to Survive.Born July 1997, Morgan Riddle is an influencer who has been heralded the "most famous woman in men's tennis." She grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was a hockey fan.
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