Wimbledon star made to wear outfit that could 'make him look stupid'

Taylor Fritz has revealed that his sponsors BOSS had to convinced him to wear a custom white suit during his walk out onto Court 1. The American copied Roger Federer's iconic attire from 2007 as he made his way onto court to face lucky loser Dusan Lajovic, who replaced Jack Draper.

Fritz is never usually one to make a fashion statement but following a request from his main sponsor he donned a baggy white blazer, baggy trousers, a garment bag and white scarf - all accompanied by a BOSS branded headband.

And after beating Lajovic 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, No. 6 seed Fritz explained why he made the bold statement with his clothing choice. He said: "I don't know where I stand on it. I think Boss came to me with the idea of wanting to do it, and so we did it. You know, I wasn't 100% sure how I felt, but after seeing the pictures after the match, I feel like it looked all right.

"Yeah, I don't know. I think people are going to be torn. I think some people are going to like it and some people are going to think that anyone who is dressed up to walk out is doing too much."

Fritz was worried that by giving the viewers a big talking point it made him a target for trolls if he had lost.

He explained: "Oh, absolutely, yeah. Maybe not more nervous, but you show up in a full outfit and get snipped in the first round, you kind of look stupid. You look really stupid, honestly.

He added: "No, I really like to keep it low key. But I was having this conversation with Frances [Tiafoe] the other night, because he always had a bit of an outfit, as well. We were making the joke, like, you can't walk out with an outfit and go out in the first round. It just looks so bad."

Fritz was not involved with the outfit design but did have one request - he wanted it to be easily removable.

"Boss did this whole thing. They're my sponsor. They wanted me to do it. I thought the outfit looked good. So yeah, I mean, we were going to do it either way. I couldn't really back out of it (smiling)," he said.

"They asked me, they came to me with a markup and asked me if I liked it. If I didn't like it, you know...

"Honestly, for the first thing they sent me, I thought it was pretty solid. Then just I guess the fitting process and me saying, like, If we're going to do pants, they need to be able to come off easily on the court. That's what I did.

"I was unsure, game-time decision on the scarf. I wasn't sure about it, but I thought it looked all right."