U.S. Open Announcers Awkwardly Broke Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce News During Match

This probably didn't need to be said.

The U.S. Open announcers couldn't find a good way to break the news that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were officially engaged. | Screengrab on Twitter/ @usopen

Not everyone was clued in to the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce engagement news that dropped Tuesday afternoon.

The U.S. Open announcers found out about it in the middle of world No. 1 Jannik Sinner's first round match against Vit Kopriva, and they tried to tell the audience about it on the ESPN broadcast—emphasis on "tried."

As Kopriva prepared to serve, ESPN announcer Brad Gilbert enthusiastically blurted out, "Taylor Swift is engaged!

"With... a new record, or?" Jason Goodall, Gilbert's boothmate, replied.

"She is engaged to be-she's gonna get married!"

Cue a lengthy pause as the announcers waited for Sinner and Kopriva to play out the point.

"So he said yes," Goodall finally said. "Way to go, Taylor and Travis!"

When the Tayvis engagement news breaks in the middle of Jannik Sinner's match 😂 pic.twitter.com/kIG0uFlbj2

— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 26, 2025

That's about as awkward as it gets.

While the U.S. Open social account publicly celebrated Swift and Kelce's engagement, diehard tennis fans were less enthused, for obvious reasons.

---