It’s September 5th, 2022. We’re watching an American (Frances Tiafoe) take on a legend (Rafael Nadal) in US Open play. The crowd’s been kinda shifting back and forth all night because it’s been a long time since an American beat anyone — let alone a legend — this late in Open play.

Madison Keys has revealed how compatriot Frances Tiafoe expressed his frustration for matches that were held in the morning during the Italian Open which took place earlier this year.

Frances Tiafoe’s opening match at the 2025 US Open had everything you’d expect from a tennis thriller. Except maybe the part where his opponent completely lost his mind on court.

It’s almost as if the US Open is the embodiment of something grander for Tiafoe, his version of that proverbial shining city on the hill.

American tennis star Frances Tiafoe is leading a group including FC Dallas GK Maarten Paes and CourtSense founder Gordon Uehling in a minority investment in the Pro Padel League’s N.Y. Atlantics franchise.

Frances Tiafoe faces a very familiar opponent in Yoshihito Nishioka in the 1st round of the ongoing US Open 2025 tennis tournament on Monday, August 25. The American star will be favourite to win this game but Nishioka will draw inspiration from his Dallas Open victory.

There are some tennis players, such as Frances Tiafoe or Madison Keys or Ben Shelton, who can’t wait for the U.S. Open to come around each year, with its boisterous crowds, its bold-faced names in the stands,

Frances Tiafoe, Britains Cameron Norrie and Sky Sports analyst Tim Henman discuss Daniil Medvedevs meltdown on Louis Armstrong Stadium on Sunday night; The US Open is live on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+,