Jan 20 2019SaveTennis1/20/19Tennis1/20/19Frances Tiafoe Breaks Down In Tears After Advancing To Australian Open Quarterfinals On His 21st BirthdayGabe FernandezSaveAfter beating No. 20 seed Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (1), 7-5 on Sunday, College Park, Md. native Frances…
Jan 18 2019SaveTennis1/18/19Tennis1/18/19Frances Tiafoe Celebrates A Five-Setter Like LeBronGiri NathanSaveFrances Tiafoe has already earned his place among the greats—in terms of tennis celebrations, that is. This is right…
Jan 16 2019SaveTennis1/16/19Tennis1/16/19Frances Tiafoe Mixed It Up And Got The Biggest Win Of His CareerGiri NathanSaveA tennis player who is down a set and 0-3 against a huge-serving top-five seed at a Grand Slam is typically cooked.…
Aug 14 2018SaveTennis8/14/18Tennis8/14/18This 20-Year-Old Travel Vlogger Adds Some Much-Needed Fresh Blood To Men's TennisGiri NathanSaveThis gripe will be all too familiar to anyone who has followed men’s tennis, but the sport doesn’t have any…
Feb 26 2018SaveTennis2/26/18Tennis2/26/18Frances Tiafoe Beat The Rest Of His Class And Got Himself A TitleGiri NathanSaveTwenty-year-old Frances Tiafoe came to Delray Beach as a wild card entry with a wild forehand. He left as the…
Feb 23 2018SaveTennis2/23/18Tennis2/23/18Frances Tiafoe Is An American To Root ForGiri NathanSaveRemember this kid? If you do at all, maybe it’s because you saw him last August, thriving in New York’s late summer…
Aug 30 2017SaveTennis8/30/17Tennis8/30/17Frances Tiafoe Is A Work In Progress, But Holy Crap Do I Want To Watch The ProgressGiri NathanSaveIt takes a lot to win a share of crowd loyalty in Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City in the year of the…
Aug 30 2017SaveTennis8/30/17Tennis8/30/17Frances Tiafoe Pushed Roger Federer To The EdgeEmma BaccellieriSaveIn a markedly soft U.S. Open field—no Novak Djokovic, no Stan Wawrinka, no Andy Murray—third-ranked Roger Federer…
Aug 16 2017SaveTennis8/16/17Tennis8/16/17Frances Tiafoe, The Best American Teen, Gets Biggest Win Of His CareerGiri NathanSaveBoth of these players, aged 19 and 20, are nominally the “next generation,” but the latter has already arrived—he’s…
Apr 18 2017SaveTennis4/18/17Tennis4/18/17Sex Noises Briefly Derail Tennis Match In FloridaLaura WagnerSaveA tennis match today between Frances Tiafoe and Mitchell Krueger at the Sarasota Open was temporarily interrupted by…
Mar 27 2017SaveTennis3/27/17Tennis3/27/17Frances Tiafoe Gave Roger Federer A Scare, And America Some HopeGiri NathanSaveAmerican tennis fans should take heart: their 19-year-old prodigy Frances Tiafoe caused the GOAT some woe, at least…
Mar 1 2017SaveTennis3/1/17Tennis3/1/17Frances Tiafoe, America's Best Young Prospect, Is Getting Closer To StardomGiri NathanSaveFrances Tiafoe, the best American teen in the men’s game, hasn’t taken down any giants yet, but every few months he…
Sep 27 2016SaveTennis9/27/16 Tennis9/27/16Frances Tiafoe Is A Good American And This Is A Great PointGiri NathanSaveIf for some sad reason you’re a U.S. tennis stan and find yourself sick of big-serving lunk John Isner, you’d be…