U.S. tennis star Taylor Fritz admits he’s not an artist.
The No. 9 player in the world proved that Tuesday after drawing a hilarious NSFW image of what looked like male genitalia.
After winning his first-round match in the Australian Open, Fritz followed custom by drawing a message on the camera.
The result left people everywhere completely puzzled. Surely he didn’t mean to draw that, right?
“Taylor Fritz, what is this?” tweeted one fan, including a photo of the distinctly penis-shaped image.
Taylor Fritz, what is this? pic.twitter.com/BVxSH9b03J
— Lee S (@acetennisfan1) January 17, 2023
The 25-year-old Fritz quickly hopped on Twitter to do some damage control and explain the situation.
“For ur information I was trying to draw a [lock] emoji,” he tweeted. “I just forgot the very important fact that I suck at drawing.”
For ur information i was trying to draw a 🔒 emoji…. I just forgot the very important fact that I suck at drawing
— Taylor Fritz (@Taylor_Fritz97) January 17, 2023
Before the failed attempt at artwork, Fritz hit a career-high 32 aces in defeating Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
Massive 🤖 performance today https://t.co/dUiehnDqQ7
— Taylor Fritz (@Taylor_Fritz97) January 17, 2023
Reactions to his NSFW image suggested maybe Fritz should stick to his day job.
Pro tennis player Jessie Pegula tweeted, “hahahahhahahahahahah.”
hahahahhahahahahahah 🔒
— Jessie Pegula (@JPegula) January 17, 2023
Australian pro tennis player Daria Saville tweeted, “omg hahahhaha.”
omg hahahhaha
— Daria Saville (@Daria_gav) January 17, 2023
Fritz is one of the featured stars in Netflix’s new behind-the-scenes documentary series “Break Point.” Several players in that series have withdrawn from the Australian Open, giving rise to talk of a “Netflix Curse.” Fritz seemed unaware that was even a thing when asked about it Tuesday.
“I noticed the people pulling out of the tournament, but I didn’t know it was a thing, like ‘I’m going to lose my first round because I’m in the Netflix show,’” he said (via The New York Post).
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