First final nerves? Not for Frances Tiafoe. The 20-year-old American coasted to his first ATP World Tour title on Sunday, beating Peter Gojowczyk of Germany 6-1, 6-4 at the Delray Beach Open. Tiafoe becomes the youngest American to win an ATP World Tour title since 19-year-old Andy Roddick at 2002 Houston, and his maiden crown caps off the best two weeks of his career. Before last week's New York Open, Tiafoe had won nine tour-level matches (9-31) and had never reached a tour-level quarter-final. But after reaching the last eight in New York (l. to Anderson) and triumphing in Delray Beach, Tiafoe almost doubled his tour-level win count (16) in two weeks. “I was not expecting this this week, especially...
Frances Tiafoe remembers the mind games and the tension as he prepared to face his idol, Roger Federer, for the first time in Miami last year, in this edition of My Story, delivered by FedEx.
#NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe had never advanced to an ATP World Tour quarter-final before last week's New York Open (l. to Anderson). But after finishing off reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion Hyeon Chung 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 at the Delray Beach Open on Saturday, after rain suspended play at 5-3 in the third set on Friday evening, the 20-year-old is into his first semi-final. "The stress level was pretty high today," Tiafoe said. "I'm just going to keep going. I think it's almost better that I play today so I don't have much time to really get a big head or anything... I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be a good one." It took Tiafoe eight match points...
#NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe has landed a breakthrough victory over childhood idol and No. 2 seed Juan Martin del Potro to reach the Delray Beach Open quarter-finals on Thursday. The 20-year-old needed four match points to eke out a 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-5 win – his first in three FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings with the Argentine. It sets up a showdown with reigning #NextGenATP Finals champion and No. 8 seed Hyeon Chung after the South Korean’s earlier defeat of qualifier Franko Skugor. It means Chung is the only seed to reach the quarter-finals, marking just the second time in the tournament's history that only one seed has reached the last eight (No. 8 seed Sanguinetti in 1998). Del Potro, the 2011...
EMBARGOED TILL 3PM FRIDAY The #NextGenATP stars of the Delray Beach Open see how well they can recreate the faces made by their favourite emojis. Video Credit: 2018 Delray Beach Open.
