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Frances Tiafoe Is Ready to Win the U.S. Open and Make Tennis Cool

Returning to the U.S. Open after last year’s electric run and crushing defeat, the boundary-busting American thinks he can win it all — and make tennis cool.

By Lulu Garcia-Navarro

College Park (Md) Content Type: Personal Profile Djokovic, Novak Nadal, Rafael Pickleball (Sport) Tennis Tiafoe, Frances (1998- ) United States Open (Tennis)

Frances Tiafoe Is Ready to Win the U.S. Open and Make Tennis Cool

Returning to the U.S. Open after last year’s electric run and crushing defeat, the boundary-busting American thinks he can win it all — and make tennis cool.

By Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Benton, Raymond College Park (Md) Content Type: Personal Profile Junior Tennis Champions Center (College Park, Md) Kudla, Denis (1992- ) Tennis Tiafoe, Frances (1998- ) United States Open (Tennis)

How to Recognize a Tennis Prodigy

The people who coached Frances Tiafoe as a child said they could see even then that he would become one of the world’s top players. But how did they know?

By Tom Shroder