Andy Roddick backs Frances Tiafoe to break US hoodoo, impressed by 'complete' Ons Jabeur - US Open diary

Roddick happy to hand over the baton Frances Tiafoe does not want to get dragged into the whole narrative of possibly ending America’s two-decade drought in men’s singles at the US Open — and Andy Roddick totally gets it. Ad Tiafoe, who posted a huge upset over Rafael Nadal to reach the quarter-finals in New York, is three wins away from becoming the first American man since Roddick in 2003 to win the US Open singles title.

US OpenFurious Kyrgios smashes TWO racquets after loss, hurls bottle to ground40 MINUTES AGO When he was asked about that by John McEnroe, Chris Evert and Chris McKendry on ESPN ahead of his last-8 clash with Andrey Rublev, Tiafoe said: “I wanna win for me, not the whole 19-year thing.” Roddick, a former world No.1 who retired from professional tennis 10 years ago, understands why Tiafoe is choosing to focus on himself and says he’d be thrilled to see his compatriot lift the trophy this fortnight. “If I’m him and I just had the biggest win of my career, the last thing I want to talk about is someone else, I get it.

I don’t want to be the answer to a trivia question for much longer either,” Roddick told Eurosport in New York on Tuesday. “I like Frances a lot, I love his game, I think he’s fantastic.

I like the way he operates, I like his energy. And frankly in this country we need people that are not only really good, but are entertaining; and he has that.

“I want him to do well. I would love nothing more than for him to go all the way and have someone else not want to talk about him some day.” 'I did it!' — Khachanov stuns Kyrgios in 'crazy match' to reach last four Garcia powers past Gauff to seal semi-final place and end American’s dream Furious Kyrgios smashes TWO racquets after loss, hurls bottle