Who Took The Keys? Fritz Investigates
Taylor Fritz may have entered the third round at the Australian Open on Wednesday, but the young American recently found it much trickier to find his way into something much simpler in Melbourne; his Airbnb.
The 21-year-old American, who beat Gael Monfils in four sets to reach the third round, was locked out of the accomodation he is sharing with Mackenzie MacDonald after a set of house keys mysteriously went missing.
"I was the last person to leave the house," said Fritz. "I know for a fact that the keys were on the table, right by the door... [Mackenzie] called me and said, 'Hey, the keys are there, make sure to take them.'
"The thing is, I can't remember if I took them or not. I just remember seeing them there."
"So you and @mackiemacster got locked out of your @Airbnb yesterday?" #AusOpen | @Taylor_Fritz97
— ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) January 16, 2019
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It wasn't until MacDonald asked Fritz for the keys that the problem became apparent to both men, ahead of their second-round matches at Melbourne Park.
"He asked me for the keys yesterday when he was trying to leave and I said I didn't have them [and that] I think I locked them in the house," said Fritz.
"So we called the guy out and he gets there 10 minutes before us. We pull up, he is there and lets us in. The keys aren't where I saw them and I know I didn't take them anywhere in the house, so that means I would have taken them and lost them during the day."
After regaining entry to their temporary home, the issue continued to bother Fritz, as the World No. 50 turned detective around the grounds of the Australian Open in search of the keys.
"I have checked everywhere, it has been bothering me all day," said Fritz. "I checked the physio room, I checked the locker room, lost and found and called transportation and had them check the car. I don't think I lost the keys, I think someone is finessing us a little bit."
But that theory was soon put to bed, with Fritz informing his 17,100 Twitter followers that he had located the keys on Thursday.
NO WAY !!!! I FOUND THEM @mackiemacster ???????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/6OMs6r6dXD
— Taylor Fritz (@Taylor_Fritz97) January 16, 2019
Case closed.