Hungarian hulk Marton Fucsovics might have been knocked out of Indian Wells on Wednesday (AEDT), however his insane rig has as soon as once more left the tennis world in awe.
Fucsovics misplaced his third spherical match to defending champion Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-3, however he nonetheless earned loads of admirers.
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Midway by way of the second set, the 31-year-old modified his shirt, revealing his severely chiselled physique.
Cheers instantly went up within the stadium and the digital camera panned to a number of feminine spectators within the crowd who had been having fun with the outfit change.
One of these was Fritz’s girlfriend Morgan Riddle, who was sitting within the participant’s field smiling.
As he digital camera reduce to her, Riddle broke into laughter and raised her hand as if to acknowledge she had been caught purple handed ogling her boyfriend’s opponent.
The influencer may see the humorous facet, joking on Twitter after the match: “This was a targeted attack”.
Fritz closed out the match in straight units, maintaining his dream of defending his Indian Wells title alive.
It’s not the primary time Fucsovics has turned heads within the tennis world this yr.
At the Australian Open in January, he celebrated a troublesome first spherical win over Federico Coria by ripping off his shirt and exhibiting off his insane determine that will make bodybuilders jealous.
The World No. 84 seems to be like he could possibly be a physique double for Chris Hemsworth.
Elsewhere at Indian Wells, Daniil Medvedev shook off an ankle concern to defeat Alexander Zverev 6-7 7-6 7-5 to achieve the quarterfinals for the primary time.
In early matches, 2021 champion Cameron Norrie of Britain eased previous seventh-ranked Russian Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-4.
Sixth-seeded American Coco Gauff received previous Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 and seventh-seeded Maria Sakkari — runner-up to Swiatek final yr — beat Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.
Women’s World No. 1 Iga Swiatek, attempting to grow to be simply the second lady after Martina Navratilova in 1990-91 to win back-to-back Indian Wells titles, confronted 2021 US Open winner Emma Raducanu.
With AFP
Source: www.news.com.au
