Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton are putting the 'US' in the US Open
Tiafoe is a 25-year-old from Maryland,
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Tiafoe is a 25-year-old from Maryland,
Tiafoe took a step forward on a day two highly seeded men exited on his half of the draw: No. 5 Casper Ruud, last year's runner-up, and No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The second-seeded man, Frances Tiafoe, a crowd favorite who grew up nearby in Maryland, couldn't match Taylor Fritz's feat.
The parents of Frances Tiafoe emigrated from Sierra Leone in the 1990s during a civil war there. They moved to Maryland, where his dad helped construct the JTCC in College Park, then worked as a maintenance man there.
This is Tiafoe's "Cinderella story."
It is the second year in a row that zero men from the United States will participate in the fourth round at Roland Garros.
U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe pulled out of the United States team that will play group stage matches in the Davis Cup next week in Glasgow, Scotland.
As Frances Tiafoe celebrated with friends and family, Bradley Beal wrapped his arms around him for a hug.
A Maryland native is the talk of the tennis world.