'I'm so proud of him' - How Frances Tiafoe found the right path before dream run at US Open

Things seem to be finally falling into place for the popular Frances Tiafoe, much to the delight of his scores of fans, which include Lin-Manuel Miranda, who was “losing his mind” watching him defeat Rafael Nadal in the fourth round. Jessica Pegula, whose quarter-final exit on Wednesday means Tiafoe is the last American standing in either singles draw at the US Open, has always been on his case, hoping he can push further and realise his full potential. Ad She couldn’t be happier to see him enjoy this breakthrough in New York.

Tennis‘I believe that he can do it’ – Corretja tips Tiafoe to go all the wayYESTERDAY AT 22:21 “I’m so proud of him. I know he had some tough matches this summer. Actually kind of funny, I was asking about a couple of his matches, and I'm pretty candid, I'd be like, ‘Yeah, you were up like 4-0 against Fritz in the third; what happened?’” said Pegula.

“I've always kind of got on him, like, ‘Can you win a match, like, normal and not be this whole theatrical event?’ “I always give him c***. It's amazing to see how he has played so much more focused even though he had a couple tough matches in Montreal and Cincinnati and all this stuff. I was like, ‘You're playing so much better.

It's coming. It's just coming for that one match’. “It came here at the US Open, so it's really nice to see.

He's so much fun to watch, so charismatic. Nothing but good things to say about him. I'm really proud of him for really focusing these last couple weeks because he can be all over the place.