Players · 7 dispatches
Frances Tiafoe
All dispatches about Frances Tiafoe. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
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Shelton got two days between matches, the C30.4 gets twenty minutes
Ben Shelton beat Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 to reach his first Grand Slam final. He put the emphasis on the two days between that semi-final and his quarter-final against Carlos…
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Sabalenka takes the mic minutes after losing, and Maxime wants to know whose idea that was
Beaten 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 by Elena Rybakina in the US Open final, Aryna Sabalenka smashed her racket after match point, then spoke at the trophy ceremony. She loses both the world No.1…
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Tiafoe wants crowds to talk and move, Maxime hunts for who invented the silence
Ahead of his US Open semi-final against Ben Shelton on Friday, Frances Tiafoe asked that tennis let spectators talk, move and take part, pointing to basketball and football as examples.
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Shelton finished at 3.34am, plays again Friday: the club player on recovery
Ben Shelton, the eighth seed, beat Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals at 3.34am on Wednesday, the latest finish in US Open history. He faces Frances Tiafoe on Friday in the night session,…
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Shelton beats Alcaraz at 3.33am, Maxime wonders who was allowed to leave
Ben Shelton (ATP 9) knocked Carlos Alcaraz (ATP 3) out of the US Open quarter-finals 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10/7). The match lasted 4hr 28min and finished at 3.33am, the…
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Shelton beats a top-3 player after 17 failures, and Jean-Pol called it in January
At 23, Ben Shelton has won his first career match against a top-3 player, after losing his first seventeen attempts against that group. He beat Carlos Alcaraz 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6,…
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Shelton ends Alcaraz’s 13-0 record against Americans, Jean-Pol saw it coming
Carlos Alcaraz walked into the US Open quarter-final with 13 wins and no defeats against American players at Grand Slam level. Ben Shelton won it on a super tie-break in the fifth…