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People like to<\/strong> ask the influencer Morgan Riddle if her boyfriend, the top-ranked American tennis player Taylor Fritz, ever gives her lessons. It\u2019s a reasonable question. \u201cI\u2019m like, Hell no,<\/em>\u201d she says. \u201cI do, like, two lessons, and he\u2019s trying to teach me topspin. I\u2019m like, I can\u2019t even get the ball over the net.<\/em>\u201d Riddle, who is 28 and naturally Barbie-like, has just arrived at the Lotte New York Palace hotel in midtown Manhattan, where she and Fritz will spend the next few weeks during the US Open. Twenty-seven-year-old Fritz\u2019s rise has been a slow burn, and he reached the finals here in 2024. As the top American player and the number four seed overall, he\u2019s under tremendous pressure to go deep in the tournament again. Though he is drawing ever closer to achieving his first Grand Slam title, the sport\u2019s new kings, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, threaten to perpetually block his path. Still, the goal remains the same: He wants to be a Grand Slam winner. \u201cThese are the most important two weeks of the year for me to perform,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n The tennis court is Fritz\u2019s business. Everywhere else, though, is his girlfriend\u2019s zone. Riddle has risen alongside Fritz in the five years since they started dating, becoming a public figure in every realm of their lives outside of the white lines. She is strikingly styled in his box during matches, and her presence invites frequent check-ins from the broadcast cameras. On the grounds of tournaments, she gamely greets the so-called tennis girlies who approach her to confess their adoration. She hosts free local Pilates classes in the week leading up to major tournaments. (\u201cUsually, they book out in, like, 30 seconds,\u201d she tells me.) Riddle films content for TikTok and Instagram in the players\u2019 lounges, appraises local hotels, explores the restaurant scene in tournament cities, and gives previews of new merchandise available for sale at the tournament gift shops. When she went to the Italian Open in Rome this year, she used it as an opportunity to give her YouTube subscribers a pocket history of the papal conclave. For the past three years, the All England Club has contracted her to make a series of fashion videos for the Wimbledon tournament, and at the US Open, she works with Grey Goose to promote the Honey Deuce, the brand\u2019s signature US Open cocktail.<\/p>\n So Riddle, too, experiences an excess of professional pressure when she arrives at a Grand Slam tournament. She is one of the sport\u2019s biggest ambassadors, speaking directly to all those millions of untapped potential fans who don\u2019t know the scoring conventions of tiebreaks but think that tennis skirts are fun.<\/p>\n And she\u2019s in high–performance mode. Last night, her flight from LA, where the two share a home, was delayed eight hours because of a plane-refueling issue, but she bears no trace of post-travel harriedness. Her platinum hair is blown out to perfection and drawn into a meticulous ponytail, her makeup is just so, and her navy-and-white checked puff-sleeve minidress is wrinkle-free. As she settles onto the couch in the lounge of their oversized hotel suite, she holds a posture taut enough to please a Victorian. She apologizes for the mess in the room, of which there is virtually none. Riddle is one of those vigilant travelers who likes to unpack the moment she arrives. At the top of her to-do list for the evening is calling down to reception to request 30 clothes hangers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can\u2019t-miss story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. People like to ask the influencer Morgan Riddle if her boyfriend, the top-ranked American tennis player Taylor Fritz, ever gives her lessons. 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