Elon courts the audience! Beaming Tesla billionaire poses for selfies with tennis fans as he watches US Open final
Elon Musk was spotted grinning as he posed for selfies with fans at the US Open Tennis Championship in New York.
The 53-year-old Tesla CEO wore a black shirt and blazer as he watched the men’s singles final yesterday at Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing.
Leaning over a barrier, the multi-billionaire flashed a beaming smile as excited fans held up their phones in an attempt to take a photo with him.
He grinned into their cameras as the match between Jannik Sinner, 23, and Taylor Fritz, 26, continued. It was a thrilling match that saw Italian Sinner take the crown.
In other footage from the sporting event, Musk is seen sitting next to Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision, in the front row as the two chat and laugh.
Elon Musk posed for selfies with fans as he attended the men’s singles final between Taylor Fritz of the United States and Jannik Sinner of Italy yesterday
The tech mogul smiled for the camera in a black shirt and blazer
Musk spoke to fans at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York
Elon Musk will be seen during the final between Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz on Sunday
The tech mogul beamed with joy as fans waited for a chance to take a photo with the billionaire
Musk frowned when a fan took a selfie
The tech mogul was also spotted in his VIP box, with his hands in his pockets and a serious look on his face as he watched the match intently.
The crowd didn’t seem to mind as he stood in front of the fence, talking to Kotick until he stood up for the photo.
Sunday’s match ended with Sinner becoming the fourth player to win the Australian Open and US Open on hard court in the same season, after Mats Wilander, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
He secured a comfortable 6-3 6-4 7-5 victory in the patriotic stadium as a defeated Fritz looked set to become the first male American champion of the US Open since Andy Roddick won it in 2003.
A week before the start of the US Open, Sinner announced that he had tested positive for the banned substance clostebol in April. An independent court subsequently ruled that he was not at fault or negligent for the presence of the substance in his body.
Sinner said he felt “more pressure” in New York than when he won his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January.
“It was difficult here because the conditions before the tournament were not easy either,” said Sinner.
‘I felt like I was growing match after match and at some point my confidence was growing.’
Musk was spotted sitting in a VIP box with former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick
The couple were seen chatting behind a barrier as the game continued
Musk’s appearance at the US Open final came as it was revealed he was on track to become the world’s first trillionaire, according to a new report
Musk’s appearance at the US Open comes after the billionaire entrepreneur warned the tennis world last year of a threat that should be taken very seriously.
According to Musk, pickleball is on track to “crush” tennis in popularity after the sport received so much attention during the Covid19 pandemic.
Yesterday, a new global wealth report revealed that Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2027.
According to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, he is currently the richest person in the world with a fortune of $251 billion.
A new report from Informa Connect Academy finds that Musk’s wealth is growing at a staggering average rate of 110 percent per year.
This means that if Tesla’s CEO’s wealth continues to grow at the same rate, he could become the world’s first trillionaire within the next three years, the findings show.
Musk also recently said that astronauts could land on Mars within four years, as NASA faces pressure over delayed plans to land on the moon.
His SpaceX will launch its first unmanned Starships to the Red Planet in two years, when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens, to test the reliability of an intact landing on Mars.
If the tests prove unsuccessful, SpaceX, which Musk founded in 2022, will launch manned flights to Mars in four years.