The off-season is a time for tennis players to reset, regroup, and ramp up their fitness for the challenges ahead. Taylor Fritz is also prepping for his 2025 season after the dream run he had this year. The American tennis player ended his year at a career-high ranking of World No.4 after reaching the summit clash of the ATP Finals in Turin. Fritz also reached his first-ever Grand Slam Final at the US Open this year. He unfortunately lost both the finals to the World No.1 Jannik Sinner but it doesn’t look like he is stopping anytime soon as he gives everyone a glimpse of his workout sessions to which his compatriot Ben Shelton has a hilarious reaction.

Taylor Fritz posted a photo dump of him working out. The 27-year-old captioned it “Smiling through the offseason pain 💪🏻.” As Fritz shared glimpses of his hard work, his close friend and compatriot Ben Shelton couldn’t resist revealing the “real” reason behind those practice posts. Shelton hilariously commented on Fritz’s post with a quip of his own. Poking fun at Fritz’s modelesque workout routine, Shelton wrote, “Guys only doing core work to get right for 2025 photo shoots 😂,”

Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton are good friends and are very supportive of each other. After Fritz’s runner-up finish at the ATP Finals against Jannik Sinner, Shelton reposted his update on Instagram, writing, “Good work Homie.” The two have developed a strong bond over the past year, solidified by their time together on Team World at the Laver Cup. In the post-match interview Speaking about their friendship, Shelton shared, “Yeah, I think we’re all pretty good friends, not just from Laver Cup but just being out on tour. We go to dinners together for one another’s birthday every once in a while. Fritz usually has the best — sorry, Fritz’s girlfriend usually knows the best restaurants in the cities that we’re in. So he’s a pretty good guy to go to dinner with.”

Ben Shelton is someone who is very active on social media and keeps sharing glimpses of his off-field interests with his followers. He cherishes his Cadillac Escalade. Shelton recently shared a shocking update about his car on Instagram.

Ben Shelton was shocked as parts went missing from his Cadillac Escalade

On December 12, Shelton took to his Instagram stories to reveal that all four air caps of his Cadillac Escillada’s wheels were stolen.  He captioned the image, “Someone stole all 4 of my air caps,” accompanied by a crying emoji, highlighting his disappointment.

This wasn’t the first time Shelton shared stories of his Cadillac Escalade with his followers. Last month, he had expressed his surprise at the high servicing costs for his Cadillac. Apparently, the charges were $300 per hour.! The 22-year-old wrote on his IG story, “This service shop just told me their hourly labor rate is 300/hour when I asked them to do some work on my car. So I said do you have an application I wanna apply for a job. Crazy world out here,”

Shelton’s affinity for his vehicle is evident. During the 2024 Cincinnati Open, he humorously called out a fellow Cadillac Escalade driver for poor parking, emphasizing the responsibility that comes with driving such a car. He said in a post-match interview, “Es! I mean it’s a disgrace. If they give everyone here a Cadillac Escalade, I think it’s a responsibility right? I know it’s a big truck but you can at least check the parking you know you got the 360 view now. These are advanced cars.”

Ben Shelton will be next seen in action at the ATP Auckland Open in January in preparation for the Australian Open.