Watch Hot Shot as Taylor Fritz finishes off his US Open first-round victory against Marcos Baghdatis with an incredible backhand pass hot shot. Hot Shot courtesy US Open. Visit usopen.org for more video. Hot Shots not available in USA. Photo: Getty Images
Watch how Roger Federer got taken to five sets against Frances Tiafoe on Tuesday night at the US Open. Highlights courtesy US Open. Visit usopen.org for more video. Highlights not available in USA. Photo: Getty Images
Six #NextGenATP Americans — Jared Donaldson, Ernesto Escobedo, Taylor Fritz, Reilly Opelka, Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe — all feature on GQ.com, the international men’s magazine. In a piece titled, ‘US Open 2017: These Are the Young Americans Who Will Save American Men’s Tennis’, Chloé Cooper Jones writes, “Long gone are the days of Hall of Fame Americans Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, who won a combined 22 Grand Slam titles. And while the Williams sisters have given American fans plenty to cheer for on the women’s side of the tour, there hasn’t been a men’s Grand Slam Champion from the States since Andy Roddick’s 2003 US Open win. [ALSO LIKE] “But this may be about to change. As the chokehold...
#NextGenATP Finals contender Taylor Fritz reflects on achieving his first win at a Grand Slam tournaments and looks ahead to his second-round match at the US Open.
Basking in the surrounds of a closed-roof home-crowd atmosphere on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Frances Tiafoe admits a five-set defeat to Roger Federer only serves as motivation. The #NextGenATP American fell 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 to the No. 3 seed but the words of encouragement he received at net reassured him he was on the right track. “Great year so. You're only getting better and better. Keep going, you're going to have one hell of a future,” Tiafoe said the Swiss great told him. With rain washing out most of the day’s play, a closed roof only amplified the electric New York City atmosphere on Tuesday night. Tiafoe was feeding off the home support. “The crowd was getting behind me...
