#NextGenATP player Frances Tiafoe finished strongly in his opening-round match on Thursday at the Miami Open presented by Itau, racing through the final set against Konstantin Kravchuk to advance 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 and set up a clash with fourth seed Roger Federer. "The guy has about a million Grand Slams and done everything. I can't tell you how excited I am to play. Seeing the draw was partly probably why up a set and 4-1, I started rushing and thinking, 'Oh my god, I'm going to play Roger,'" said Tiafoe. "He's my idol, everyone's idol. People on tour still stare at him in the locker room. He's an absolute legend. We hope he never retires because he's such a good...
Five NextGenATP stars - Borna Coric, Jared Donaldson, Karen Khachanov, Andrey Rublev and Frances Tiafoe - are making headlines at the Irving Challenger.
Former doubles No. 1 Leander Paes and NextGenATP star Frances Tiafoe explain why the Irving Tennis Classic is one of the most prestigious tournaments on the ATP Challenger Tour.
The #NextGenATP American contingent will be well-represented in Indian Wells, with Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz, Stefan Kozlov and Reilly Opelka among those given main draw wild cards into the BNP Paribas Open. Pittsburgh native Bjorn Fratangelo was also awarded entry into the 96-player field. Tiafoe, the youngest player in the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, is making his second straight appearance at the prestigious ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event. Last year, he defeated Fritz in an intriguing all-teenage first-round encounter. Fritz is also making his second successive visit to the California desert, having competed in the main draw at five Masters 1000 tournaments in 2016. Opelka and Kozlov are making their Indian Wells debuts next week, with...
