Tennys Sandgren has backed Taylor Fritz and hit out at tennis fans for criticizing his compatriot over apparent homophobic sentiments.
On 14 February, Sean Strickland, the American MMA fighter known for his controversial views on the LGBTQ community, posted on social media. The verbally abusive post viciously ridiculed Pride Month. On the same day, a user proceeded to comment on the post saying that the USA’s founding fathers would hit reset if they woke up to experience Pride Month celebrations.
ATP World No. 10 Fritz liked the comment and soon found himself facing flak for indirectly siding with Strickland’s homophobic sentiments. However, the 26-year-old soon took to social media himself to clear the air. Fritz expressed his shock and also claimed innocence, saying that he must have accidentally liked the comment.
Now, Tennys Sandgren has come to Fritz’s defense and lambasted fans for being critical of the World No. 10 and forcing him to save his image by providing clarification online.
“LOL it’ll never not be funny to me that people actually troll around on peoples likes to try and harm their careers”, the 32-year-old American tennis player wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
