On August 27, 2024, Ben Stiller wrote on Twitter (now X) about Argentine tennis player Diego Schwartzman:
"Going to miss seeing my friend Diego Schwartzman
play with all the heart and skill and fire he has always brought.
Amazing career representing 🇦🇷 Now it’s on to new challenges 🙌💙🙌".
Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor have been asked to pick their dodgeball team
made up of professional tennis players. See who Ben chose and who
Christine chose, and why.
Ben: "We've been asked to pick our dodgeball team made up of professional
tennis players."
Christine: "I am going to go with Ash Barty, so I
feel like she's got the smarts to be able to get into a dodgeball game."
Ben: "Rafa Nadal. And I don't think I even have to say why but he
is probably the greatest tennis player of all time."
Christine: "I
am going to go with Diego Schwartzman. He can duck, dip, dive, and dodge
probably better than anyone on the tour."
Ben: "Leylah Fernandez.
I think she's all business on the court, which I definitely appreciate, in a
dodgeball teammate."
Christine: "I'm going to go with Vika.
Victoria Azarenka. I love her game. I think she can out Kate Veatch, Kate
Veatch's underhand throw."
Ben: "That's your character?"
Christine: "That's my character. That's a dodgeball reference."
Ben: "And I played White Goodman."
Christine: "Yeah,
you did."
Ben: "And I'm going to go Coco Gauff. Focus.
Determination. Youth. Very important for this team."
Christine:
"I'm going Big John Isner."
Ben: "That's too bad you couldn't have
picked him. And Jack Sock and gone Sisner as one player."
Christine: "Too bad. Yes."
Ben: "White Goodman,
historically on his team, liked to have a little size behind him."
Christine: "In front of him."
Ben: "Well, behind him
or in front of him. Big man. I'm going, Reilly Opelka. I think his monster
serve skills would translate well to a killer dodgeball shot. Reilly Opelka
would be my Me-Shell!"
Christine: "This is going to be a really
tough, tough one. We'll see who wins."
Ben: "Let's get them out
there. Let's make it happen."
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| Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor |
Ben Stiller with Diego Schwartzman and Eugenia De Martino at L'Avenue at Saks.
How your "celeb sighting" sausage gets made ... A random email / press release from a restaurant's PR firm: pic.twitter.com/d79dC1sSo4
— Brooks Barnes (@brooksbarnesNYT) September 8, 2021
Stiller then called his doctor (slowly) after complaining of stomach issues indicative of food poisoning.
— Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) September 8, 2021
Diego Schwartzman wins storm-hit US Open match and meets Ben Stiller.
Despite numerous rain delays and change of stadium mid-match, actor Ben Stiller stays until tennis star, Diego Schwartzman, prevails over opponent at tournament in NYC.
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| (Left to right) Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Diego Schwartzman and Eugenia De Martino at the US Open in New York. (@eugedemartino Instagram stories via JTA) |
JTA — On a night that brought weather of biblical proportions to the United States Open in New York City, tennis star Diego Schwartzman prevailed over his opponent Kevin Anderson. But that wasn’t the only highlight of his night.
Schwartzman’s Round 2 match began at Louis Armstrong Stadium at 7 p.m. — against Anderson, who is about a foot taller than Schwartzman, at 6-foot-8 — but it did not finish until 1:02 am, at the larger Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The roof on Armstrong was no match for the storm, an offshoot of Hurricane Ida, that passed through the city on Wednesday night and brought dangerous floods. The match was suspended three times at Armstrong before the decision was made to move it to Ashe.
Tennis reporter José Morgado tweeted that during the rain break, Schwartzman told Ben Stiller he wanted to meet with him. Actor was in the stands at Armstrong to watch Schwartzman play, and had tweeted a video of the torrential rain pour on the grounds.
Stiller, and his wife, actress Christine Taylor, stayed until the very end of the late-night match, moving from Armstrong to Ashe to cheer Schwartzman on.
Schwartzman’s girlfriend, Argentine model Eugenia De Martino, posted to her Instagram story after the match a photo of all of them meeting: “Ben and Christine came especially to watch Diego.”
It’s great to be back watching tennis again. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/9a3JcoV8AQ
— Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) September 2, 2021
“First of all thank you everyone for staying tonight, it’s been crazy weather. It was very difficult before the match,” Schwartzman said after his victory. “I am very happy and I was able to play my best tennis in the last two sets.”
Source: Emily Burack, 4 September 2021, 4:11 pm
The Times Of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/diego-schwartzman-wins-storm-hit-us-open-match-meets-ben-stiller/
More:
Emily Burack September 9, 2021 3:32 pm
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
https://www.jta.org/2021/09/09/culture/ben-stiller-and-diego-schwartzmans-unlikely-friendship-continues
