Overview

• He played the first two sets with the Hugo Boss headband inverted, then returned from a break with it corrected.
• Novak Djokovic won in four sets, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, ending Fritz’s tournament in the quarterfinals.
• Fritz posted on X after the match, joking, “Yo why’d nobody tell me that s*** was backwards.”
• Broadcasters called the look distracting and social media fixated on sponsor visibility, with no reported official response from Hugo Boss.
• The defeat marked Djokovic’s 11th straight win over Fritz in a primetime Arthur Ashe showcase that also featured frequent crowd shots.