News about Frances Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe has landed himself in hot water after a foul-mouthed rant at the umpire following his loss to Roman Safiullin. The American world No 17 reacted furiously after being called for a time violation at 5-5 in a crucial third-set tie break at the Shanghai Masters. Tiafoe went on to lose the next two points, allowing Safiullin to secure a 5-7 7-5 7-6 (5) victory.

Tennis players Taylor Fritz and Matteo Berrettini traded the court for the runway on Wednesday as they walked for Boss at Milan Fashion Week. Both the American Fritz and Berrettini are Boss global ambassadors and looked like naturals as they modeled at the brand's Spring/Summer 2025 Out of Office show. Fritz was seen in a layered look of a light blue button down, navy blazer and green-turquoise overcoat, while Berrettini was dressed in mostly grey and brown.

Succession actress Annabelle Dexter-Jones has been romantically linked to prominent New York City chef Daniel Humm. Dexter-Jones, 37, and Humm, 47, were seen 'smooching' at the U.S. Open during the match between Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe, Page Six reported Wednesday.

MATTHEW LAMBERT IN NEW YORK: Taylor Fritz outlasted and ultimately outclassed his fellow American Frances Tiafoe to become the first American to reach the men's final since Andy Roddick. He will face world No1 Jannik Sinner in Sunday's final. Of the current crop of American talents, Tiafoe among them, as a junior Fritz was the worst. A little gangly, a little awkward, he took time to put his game together but he has progressed steadily and now he has outstripped them all.

DANIEL MATTHEWS ON ARTHUR ASHE: Well, that was all rather simple. Jessica Pegula had spent three and a half years searching for a route past the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam. She had failed six times. She had faced questions over her nerve and her game. She had even wondered whether her time at this level might have passed. On Wednesday night, at long last, Pegula broke through to uncharted waters. The irony? After all her struggles and all those doubts, she barely needed to break a sweat.

Even a bout of illness could not stop Karolina Muchova this fortnight, as the unseeded Czech thrashed Beatriz Haddad Maia to reach the semi-finals of the US Open for the second year in a row. The 28-year-old won 6-1, 6-4, playing some superb attacking tennis in between her frequent dashes off court. 'A little weird match I have to say, I have some problems I don't want to comment on if that's OK,' said the world No 52 on court.'I am happy I was able manage it, running to the bathroom and back, sorry if it disturbed anyone but I had no other choice.'I am really happy to be in the semi-final, I wouldn't have said that before the tournament. Every round gets more difficult and I am sure it will be a difficult match.'

JAKE NISSE IN FLUSHING MEADOWS: Several times during Tuesday's US Open quarterfinal between Frances Tiafoe and Grigor Dimitrov, the Arthur Ashe Stadium camera panned to five-time tournament winner Roger Federer, almost as if to ask: who will rise to the occasion and place themselves alongside him in the history books? The last two winners, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, have been already eliminated and while world No. 1 Jannik Sinner remains, the competition certainly now has a more open feel than in years past. Tiafoe may not be the favorite to go the distance from here but he certainly ensured he remained in the running with a comprehensive 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 4-1 win after Dimitrov retired - setting up an All-American semifinal vs. Taylor Fritz.

Early on Tuesday afternoon, the line separating sun from shade sliced right through the heart of Arthur Ashe Stadium. That made tracking the ball a little tricky. But that was only half the problem. Even after the glare had cleared, it remained a challenge to make sense of exactly what was unfolding below. The facts are these: after a tug of war against Alexander Zverev that lasted four and three and a half hours, Taylor Fritz is into a first US Open semifinal. What the scoreline fails to show? All of the chaos and mess as this match veered one way and then the other.

Frances Tiafoe raved about getting a pep talk from Serena Williams before his Round of 16 win over Alexei Popyrin at the US Open. On Sunday, Williams - who retired from tennis in 2022 - returned to Flushing as a spectator as stars packed the stands for Day Seven of the tournament. Speaking after his 6-4, 7-6, 2-6, 6-3 win at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Tiafoe talked about seeing the tennis legend in the venue and their pre-match interaction.

JAKE NISSE IN FLUSHING MEADOWS: Frances Tiafoe is at home in New York. He may hail from Maryland but it's at the US Open where his best Slam finish has come, and there is something visceral about the way the Arthur Ashe crowd reacts to him - perhaps even compared to other Americans.  That bond was on full display on Sunday night, as the world No. 20 took down Novak Djokovic-slayer Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-3 in the fourth round. 

What preluded the ill-timed contest was an afternoon and evening filled with prolonged games and upsets at Flushing's Arthur Ashe Stadium. Coco Gauff took three sets and over two hours to beat Elina Svitolina. Meanwhile, Frances Tiafoe took over four hours and five sets to defeat Ben Shelton. The latter wrapped up just before 7pm, but venue staff needed more than an hour to clean and prepare the stadium for the night session. The action resumed at 8.30, over an hour and a half after its scheduled start.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT ARTHUR ASHE: Tiafoe came up with some big serves in a rematch of the quarter-final last year, which Shelton won. Tiafoe will go onto face Novak Djokovic or Alexei Poporin. Shelton served well, especially on the break points, but he made far too many unforced errors - 58 to be exact. His forehand was especially wayward, as he swiped at the ball with wholly unnecessary force.

On Wednesday, the US Open X (Twitter) account posted a clip of an awkward interaction between a presumed couple catching the tournament in Flushing, Queens. In the video, a man wearing a light blue polo found his seat next to a woman, presumably his partner, with two drinks in hand. However, the situation took a turn as he was about to hand the woman her cocktail.

World No 1 Jannik Sinner has reportedly parted company with two members of his team following their roles in his two failed drugs tests earlier this year. Sinner first tested positive for banned anabolic steroid clostebol during Indian Wells on March 10, then again eight days later. The Italian was provisionally suspended, but on both occasions he successfully appealed and was allowed to continue playing while the tribunal assessed the evidence. Last week, following a lengthy investigation, Sinner's explanation for why there had been an extremely small quantity of clostebol in his system - less than a billionth of a gram - was accepted.

KIERAN GILL - CENTRE COURT AT WIMBLEDON: Carlos Alcaraz has taken a step closer to defending his Wimbledon crown with a battling 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 win over Ugo Humbert.  The Spaniard was given a major scare in the previous round when Frances Tiafoe took him five sets - and he got another here. Just when this looked to be an easy afternoon's work for Alcaraz, he was blown away 6-1 in the third set as Humbert turned a one-sided contest into a proper match.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI ON CENTRE COURT: For all the style with which Carlos Alcaraz has staked his claim to this era of the men's game, it was substance that kept him from the inquisitions and indignities of an early departure on Friday. This was a day for grit. A day when beauty was not possible and his continued participation in these championships hinged on his navigation of a hurricane named Frances Tiafoe. And what an examination that proved to be, stretched across four hours and occurring four days after the American bemoaned his propensity for 'losing to clowns'. Here, he nearly took down the king.

Dustin Hoffman and his wife Lisa looked in jovial spirits as they cheered on Carlos Alcaraz during his thrilling match against Frances Tiafoe during the fifth day of Wimbledon. The five-time Golden Globe winner, 86, cosied up to the beauty mogul, 69, as they were spotted in the centre court's Royal Box at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in south-west London. The Papillon star looked suave in a black two-piece suit which he layered over a white Oxford shirt a jazzy tie, with smart patent leather shoes.

NATHAN SALT IN NOTTINGHAM: The 22-year-old, who is the youngest to reach the top of the men's rankings since Andy Murray in 2009, displaced Cameron Norrie, following Norrie's loss to Jack Pinnington Jones. 'It's a privilege to be in that position. It's a real honour,' Draper said following a 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 win over Frances Tiafoe in Stuttgart. Up against a formidable rival in Tiafoe, Draper was in imperious form, delivering a serving masterclass

The former US Open champ, 21, posed in her tennis whites, flashing her pins in a breezy skirt while holding a racket - before playing a round with new ambassador Frances Tiafoe, 26. She later swapped her pink socks for a pair of fluffy bear legs, embracing Evian's mystical land, as she continues to work with the water brand after signing with them two years ago. The Mountain of Youth campaign celebrates Evian's heritage of the French Alps, where they have sourced the mountain-made mineral water for 15 years. Emma's collaborative work with Evian came after she became the hottest property in British sport, winning the US Open in 2021 and signing lucrative deals with the likes of Nike and Christian Dior.

Spring time is here. The days are getting longer. And the gaming world welcomes a new tennis game. Top Spin are back with the fifth iteration of their popular franchise in the guise of Top Spin 2K25. It's been 13 years since Top Spin 4 was released and for many tennis gaming fans, nothing has come close since.

As they pulled back the curtain on following their partners on tour, Morgan Riddle and Ayan Broomfield, girlfriends of US tennis stars Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe revealed their genuine feelings about being called WAGs. Tennis is witnessing a major change, with a new cast of characters rising to positions of esteem, but not on the court. How often during a live broadcast in one of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's epic battles will the camera cut to either of their spouses, positioned in the row behind their coach, would be appropriately attired for the eyes of a global audience, but largely unknown.

Jessica Pegula, the No. 1 in the United States, is the No. 1. The Australian Open women's seed has been knocked out of the tournament in the second round. Pegula was defeated in straight sets to Clara Burel of France, losing 6-4, 6-2 in less than ten minutes. Brunel defeated 17 winners and took over the game, but not five times as Brunel beat them.

On a day of mixed fortunes for the United States at the Australian Open, Frances Tiafoe was the first casualty. Christopher Eubanks was also disqualified in straight sets, but Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, and Sebastian Korda of the United States advanced to round three in Melbourne. Tiafoe, the No. 17 seed and a quarterfinalist in Australia back in 2019, suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of world No. 75 Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic.

Fans of tennis have flocked to Melbourne to celebrate the 2024 Australian Open. A group of fashionable WAGs was ecstatic about their friends from the sidelines, amid the heaviness. The wives and girlfriends of the sport stars of the sport were stunned in white as they arrived for a Bondi Sands function at QT Rooftop on Monday.