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NEW YORK/COLLEGE PARK, Maryland : American Frances Tiafoe's dream run at the U.S. Open this week came as little surprise to his early coaches and mentors, who told Reuters his raw talent was obvious from his first days picking up a racquet.
Despite playing into the early morning hours in his previous two five-set matches, the 19-year-old showed no signs of fatigue on Friday, racing around the court to win the hard-fought battle. "We are in a semi-final at a Grand Slam and we have to give everything we have inside, we have to fight until the last ball," Alcaraz said in an on-court interview.
NEW YORK — The wristband on Frances Tiafoe's racket hand reads «Believe. Why Not Me.»
Frances Tiafoe of the United States defeated Andrey Rublev in straight sets to power into the semi-finals of the US Open on Wednesday. Tiafoe, aiming to become the first African-American man to win the US Open since Arthur Ashe in 1968, put on a scintillating performance to defeat Russian ninth seed Rublev 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/0), 6-4 in 2hr 36min.
Frances Tiafoe says he hopes to inspire a new generation of Black tennis players after moving to within two wins of becoming the first African-American man in 54 years to win the US Open.
South African Wayne Ferreira, a former top six player who made the quarter-finals himself in New York in 1992, has been Tiafoe's coach since 2020. He admitted, however, that when they started their collaboration, he wasn't immediately impressed. "Food intake was terrible at the beginning. The effort on the practices and on the court wasn't good enough," Ferreira said Wednesday. "He liked a lot of candy and chocolates and cookies. He'd eat at unusual times. He missed breakfast a lot...he was, in my opinion, not really professional enough."
Tiafoe, aiming to become the first African-American man to win the US Open since Arthur Ashe in 1968, put on a scintillating performance to defeat Russian ninth seed Rublev 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/0), 6-4 in 2 hours and 36 minutes. It was another superb giant-killing performance from the 24-year-old Tiafoe, who eliminated Spanish legend Rafael Nadal in the fourth round on Monday.
NEW YORK : Rising American Frances Tiafoe danced into the middle of Arthur Ashe Stadium court and soaked up the cheers from his rapidly expanding fan base after securing his spot in the U.S. Open semi-finals on Wednesday.