Morgan Riddle, Taylor Fritz’s girlfriend, has placed a risky bet that could leave her feeling uneasy. At the 2024 Australian Open, Riddle said that if her partner, wins his next match in the fourth round against Stefanos Tsitsipas, she will eat a jar of vegemite on live.
A mainstay of Australian cooking, vegemite is a thick, dark brown spread created from yeast extract that is infamous for its strong, salty taste. With one teaspoon comprising around 5% of the daily recommended consumption, it has a very high salt content.
Since 2020, Fritz and 26-year-old influencer and model Riddle have been dating. On the ATP tour, she has been posting pictures of their adventurous and exciting lifestyle on social media alongside him.
Shortly after Fritz defeated Fabian Marozsan in four sets to reach the Australian Open fourth round, Riddle revealed the vegemite challenge on Friday, January 19.
The influencer posted a few images of herself posing in front of the tournament’s main stadium, Rod Laver Arena, on social media and said, that if Taylor wins again, she will eat a jar of Vegemite on live.
Vegemite’s Reply
Fitz beat Stefano on Sunday and the next day he gave a jar of spread to Riddle, she accepted her defeat with a sly grin. Later she went to live with no bread or butter, just the raw vegemite. She immediately went out of frame to gag it out.
On Monday Vegemite came back with a cheeky reply, they said if you are doing it, then at least do it the right way. Australia, thoughts?
An hour later she replied, Sourdough bread with heaps of buttahh?
Taylor Fritz and Stefanos Tsitsipas’ match
In their professional career, Taylor Fritz and Stefanos Tsitsipas have faced off four times already. The current Australian Open runner-up and World No. 7 Tsitsipas leads their head-to-head record 3-1.
In their round-robin match at the 2019 Laver Cup in Switzerland, Tsitsipas won 6-2, 1-6, 1-0(7). This was their first match.
The following year, they faced off once more at the Paris Masters, with Tsitsipas winning 7-6(3), 6-3 in the second round. The Greek advanced to the quarterfinals before losing in straight sets to World No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
In the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters, Fritz got his revenge, defeating Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-4, in the quarterfinals. Compared to Stefano’s seven unforced errors, Taylor made only four and struck 21 winners. Fritz finally made it to his third ATP Masters 1000 semifinal, but he fell short in three sets against Andrey Rublev, the winner.
Taylor Fritz’s Net Worth & Brand Deals
Taylor Fritz’s projected net worth as of January 2024 is $3 million, based on Celebrity Net Worth. Some reports put his net worth at $5 million to $10 million or more, but none of them can be independently checked.
The official ATP Tour website states that Fritz has won $14,081,358 in prize money so far. Taylor Fritz has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Head Graphene 360 Radical MP and Nike.
In addition, he has invested in the esports team ReKTGlobal and serves as an ambassador for Rolex. He received a respectable endorsement amount of $500,000.
Taylor Fritz and Morgan Riddle started dating in 2020
Both of them started dating in 2020 and at that time Morgan had no clue about Tennis. In an interview with ATP Tour she said that she did not know a thing about tennis, she knew who was Federer but had no clue about Nadal. Now she knows a lot about it and considers herself a tennis expert now.
She also talked about the tennis tours and social media life to encourage others to get into this sport. She wrote on TikTok, that she’s on a personal mission to make Tennis cool again.
To which Fritz commented, if anyone disagrees with her then they are uncool in the USA, and he also asked that how many times’ tennis is the topic of discussion on ESPN or Sports Center.
Morgan Riddle grew up in Minnesota
On the Hold On to Your Racket podcast, she said that she is from Midwest and her dream was to go to New York.
She also said that she grew up with Hockey and her whole family is a hockey family and not one person who is from Minnesota plays Tennis. She was more into theaters, debating, and speech and was not athletic.
According to her LinkedIn, she migrated to New York City in 2019, where she got her graduation from Wagner College. She was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority and studied English language and literature.
