Miami Open players go undercover working as staff members in hilarious viral video

Tennis TV posted a funny video of Miami Open players going undercover and working on the grounds. In most instances, fans did not know who they were, or they could not put their finger on why the person looked familiar.

Taylor Fritz, Jessica Pegula, Jasmine Paolini, Jelena Ostapenko, Denis Shapovalov, and Grigor Dimitrov were the players involved in the bits.

Pegula and Paolini were disguised well, and Paolini and Dimitrov did an outstanding job of speaking with an American accent.

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Would you recognize a top player in your midst?

Shapovalov in the Miami Open information booth would be hard to recognize because the hat covered his blonde hair. Fritz is far from incognito, and Ostapenko is strolling around with her widely recognized single braid hairstyle. Dimitrov, with his trademark five o’clock shadow, should have been easy to identify.

The fan who thought that Jessica Pegula worked for Peloton and continued to inquire about her connection to Peloton was funny, but Shapovalov giving fans “information” was the most hilarious segment of the video.

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Whenever possible, tennis tournaments should be creating moments like this between top players and fans to help create further fan engagement and excitement.

Watch the closing days of the Miami Open on Tennis Channel. The tournament concludes this weekend with Saturday’s women’s singles and men’s doubles final and Sunday’s men’s singles final and the women’s doubles final. Americans Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula (singles and doubles), Hailey Baptiste, Tommy Paul, and Frances Tiafoe remain in the draw and in the hunt for the ATP and WTA 1000 titles.

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