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Frances Tiafoe yells a string of curses at a Shanghai Masters chair umpire after a loss

Oct. 08, 2024 14:47 PM EDT

SHANGHAI (AP) — U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe cursed repeatedly at a chair umpire after losing a match at the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday. Tiafoe sent about 10 expletives in the direction of official Jimmy Pinoargote during a minute-long tirade after exiting 5-7, 7-5, 7-6...

Alcaraz clinches Laver Cup for Team Europe in 13-11 victory over Team World

Sep. 22, 2024 18:55 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5 as Team Europe rallied to beat Team World 13-11 and win the Laver Cup on Sunday. Alcaraz broke the U.S. Open runner-up Fritz in the 11th game and then closed out victory on serve, sparking...

Taylor Fritz can end a Grand Slam drought for American men by beating Jannik Sinner at the US Open

Sep. 07, 2024 14:55 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Fritz got choked up when it hit him that he had reached the U.S. Open final. His explanation: “I cry at happy endings of movies and not at sad stuff. That’s kind of just how I am.” Imagine what the 26-year-old Californian's reaction would...

US Open finalist Fritz and semifinalist Tiafoe are not on the American roster for the Davis Cup

Sep. 07, 2024 12:58 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Open finalist Taylor Fritz and semifinalist Frances Tiafoe were not on the Davis Cup roster submitted by the United States for the country's group-stage matches next week. Brandon Nakashima, Mackie McDonald, Reilly Opelka, Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram were...

Frances Tiafoe ended up losing after he thought he was about to beat Taylor Fritz at the US Open

Sep. 07, 2024 01:02 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe figures he lost to Taylor Fritz at the U.S. Open because it suddenly occurred to him Friday night that he was close to winning and reaching his first Grand Slam final. “In the past matches, before, I was only thinking about what it takes to win,”...

Taylor Fritz beats Frances Tiafoe to become the first American man in a US Open final since 2006

Sep. 07, 2024 00:19 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — When Taylor Fritz, a 26-year-old from California, and Frances Tiafoe, a 26-year-old from Maryland, strode under the Arthur Ashe Stadium lights Friday night for the first U.S. Open semifinal matching two American men in 19 years, the crowd might have been forgiven for not knowing...

Taylor Fritz reaches his first Grand Slam final at the U.S. Open by beating Frances Tiafoe in an all-American matchup

Sep. 06, 2024 23:07 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Fritz reaches his first Grand Slam final at the U.S. Open by beating Frances Tiafoe in an all-American matchup.

Jannik Sinner plays Jack Draper in the US Open semifinals weeks after a doping exoneration

Sep. 05, 2024 16:06 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Six months after Jannik Sinner failed two drug tests, and 2 1/2 weeks after he was exonerated because he said trace amounts of an anabolic steroid entered his system unintentionally via a massage, the No. 1-ranked man in tennis will play in the U.S. Open semifinals. ...

US Open: Tiafoe, Fritz, Pegula and Navarro reach the semifinals and make US tennis matter again

Sep. 04, 2024 22:00 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — To hear Frances Tiafoe tell it, Taylor Fritz predicted this sort of moment for the two of them. And for American men's tennis. It was during an early morning plane ride together a few years ago that the conversation turned to the future and...

US Open: Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz will meet in an all-American semifinal in New York

Sep. 04, 2024 04:27 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz set up an all-American semifinal at the U.S. Open with victories Tuesday, guaranteeing the United States a man in the title match at the country's Grand Slam tournament for the first time in 18 years. The 20th-seeded Tiafoe made it to...