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After his defeat of No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 9 Andrey Rublev, the excitement around Frances Tiafoe has reached fever pitch -- and for good reason.

"I love to show the world what I can do," Tiafoe said. And he'll remember the motto on his wrist. "There is a lot of great players that haven't had a great career by not winning anything," Ferreira said. He doesn't want to be another tale of a near-miss. He has worn a Serena GOAT hoodie to walk on to the court in his past two matches. So to see him post that, I was like, 'Do I retweet it as soon as he sent it?' I was like, 'You know what, I'm going to be cool and act like I didn't see it and then retweet it three hours later.'" "To go from that and play two days later is always very, very difficult. "He liked a lot of candy and chocolates and cookies," Ferreira said. But this is Tiafoe's path, and he's doing it his way, motivated by the dreams of success he had as a youngster. "It wasn't supposed to be anything like this," Tiafoe said earlier this week. Watching him play is a delight: the way he sprints back after changeovers, his eye-catching style of play, the wonderful array of shots, his ruthless serve. Born in Maryland, the 24-year-old is the son of immigrants who moved to the U.S.

Frances Tiafoe, the American on a rollicking run, is in need of a comeback against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in their semifinal match. The winner will play in ...

He held his serve again, extending his lead to 5-1, but Khachanov refused to lose the match on his serve and pushed it to 5-2, finishing the game with an ace. Alcaraz returned the shot reaching behind his back as he leaped, and then sprinted to return Sinner’s volley with a backhand to bring the game to deuce. He won the match with an ace to become the first American man to make the U.S. His first set of the tournament was close, going to a tiebreaker that he won 7-0. Tiafoe would have chances to get back in the set twice more, but Alcaraz shut the door both times, the first by mixing slices and topspin through a long rally, and then once more with a serve Tiafoe could not get back. After taking the first set in a tiebreaker, Tiafoe stayed even with Alcaraz through the first five games, but trouble arrived when he was serving at 2-3. “I went there when I was nine and he was eight,” Dennis said during a changeover in the second set. A twist of his hips, a flick of his wrist, and the ball is sailing past. He was leading 40-15, but Alcaraz leveled the score with the help of a Tiafoe double fault. Tiafoe had just won his 16th set out of 17 he had played in the tournament. Tiafoe got his first chance to win the set while leading 6-5, with Alcaraz serving, and then earned four more chances when the set moved to a tiebreaker. Tiafoe and Alcaraz hugged in the middle of the court, and when they separated, Alcaraz pointed at Tiafoe, urging the fans to let him hear them one last time.

Tiafoe, a 24-year-old from Hyattsville, Md., was aiming to become the first American man to win a U.S. Open singles championship since Andy Roddick.

Open (eight) in the process. But he found new life in a tightly contested fourth set, which the No. The No.

Rolling report: Carlos Alcaraz will play Casper Ruud in the final after a thrilling win over Frances Tiafoe.

With Tiafoe coming to the net, a few feet to the left of the center line, Alcaraz somehow finds just enough space to sneak it past a dejected Tiafoe. The crowd tries to give Tiafoe a lift, but he looks out of sorts on the next rally and hits long. Then Tiafoe hits a brilliant cross-court shot, with about one-quarter of the ball catching the line. Alcaraz wins the next, but Tiafoe pounds Alcaraz’s second serve with some fury and wins a brief rally to get back to deuce. A forehand winner stops the skid, but Tiafoe continues to falter and double faults to give Alcaraz two break points. He does it again on the next, but this one pops up for Tiafoe to smash for deuce. Tiafoe takes a longer break, leaving Alcaraz waiting on the court. On the next two points, Tiafoe has Alcaraz beaten, and Alcaraz simply responds with a wonder shot – a lob deep to one corner that Tiafoe races back to get and hit only as far as the net, then a cross-court winner off a drop shot. Tiafoe comes around the net and gives Alcaraz a good hug. Tiafoe runs Alcaraz from one side of the court to the other, approaches the net and volleys, Alcaraz scrambles and ends up putting a lob just inside the baseline. At 15-30, Tiafoe hits effectively and comes to the net for an easy shot – that he hits well long and wide. Alcaraz slowly builds up an advantage, but Tiafoe gets a bit lucky with a ball of the net cord.

Carlos Alcaraz battled past Frances Tiafoe in five sets to reach the US Open final. The 19-year-old will play Casper Ruud for the title and World No.

Tiafoe quickly went to the other side of the court and the pair shared a warm embrace. The longer the match went on, it was clear Tiafoe was fighting to reach a state of neutrality in the action. The key came at 1-1 in the second set, when Tiafoe earned a break point to go up a set and a break. But Alcaraz never faltered under the pressure inside a raucuous [Arthur Ashe](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-ashe/a063/overview) Stadium, improving to 8-1 in five-setters, including 5-0 at Flushing Meadows. So despite Tiafoe playing a courageous fourth-set tie-break, the Spaniard was physically ready for the decider. He played the final of a Grand Slam in Late in the fourth set, Tiafoe could be heard saying "I'm putting my heart on the f****** line" twice in a row. "Too good Carlos, I am happy I got to share the big stage with you." First time in the final of a Grand Slam. [Casper Ruud](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview) for the title. "To be honest in the semi-final of a Grand Slam you have to give everything... [Frances Tiafoe](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview) 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-3 after four hours and 19 minutes to reach his first major championship match.

Marylands Frances Tiafoe and Spains Carlos Alcaraz are competing for a spot into the U.S. Open final on Sunday.

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With only one quarterfinal appearance in a Grand Slam previously under his belt, he defeated top-20 players Diego Schwartzman, Nadal and Andrey Rublev in ...

Tiafoe brutalized a second serve with a backhand down the line to break for 2-2, but Alcaraz immediately went back into attack mode and broke Tiafoe at love right away. It was a quality match from both players: Alcaraz hit 59 winners to 36 unforced errors, while Tiafoe finished with 51 winners and 52 errors. With Tiafoe serving at 2-3 in the second set, Alcaraz finally generated the first break for either player and seemed to only gain strength and energy from there. But Tiafoe kept battling on, retrieving that break and then doing it for a second time with some stunning shotmaking to eventually level the set at 3-3. But Tiafoe responded with some canny serving, and Alcaraz just missed two forehands wide that evened the match. Tiafoe showed tremendous heart and toughness in this semifinal, continually battling at moments when it appeared Alcaraz was on the verge of running away with it.

Carlos Alcaraz overcame the gutsy Frances Tiafoe in five brutal sets to reach his maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open after a classic clash.

Sunday's clash will be all the more significant given that, in addition to a Grand Slam title being at stake, the world No. He was able to consolidate his break and close out the set to get back on level terms. US Open [‘I'll have to handle the nerves’ – Alcaraz on first Grand Slam final after win over ‘amazing’ Tiafoe](https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/us-open/2022/us-open-2022-i-ll-have-to-handle-the-nerves-carlos-alcaraz-on-first-grand-slam-final-and-world-no.-1_sto9136932/story.shtml) [‘I thought it might not come again’ – Ruud on reaching US Open final](https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/us-open/2022/us-open-2022-i-thought-it-might-not-come-again-casper-ruud-on-reaching-second-grand-slam-final_sto9136645/story.shtml) ['He is awesome' - McEnroe hails Ruud reaching final and 'did not see this coming'](https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/us-open/2022/he-is-awesome-john-mcenroe-hails-casper-ruud-reaching-us-open-final-and-did-not-see-this-coming_sto9136644/story.shtml) He quickly seized a break of serve in the third set to further stamp his authority on the match and a stunned Tiafoe could only muster a single game. Carlos Alcaraz overcame the gutsy Frances Tiafoe in five brutal sets, 6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3, to reach his maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open after a classic clash.

The Spanish teenager reached his first grand slam final after overcoming his American opponent in an absorbing match under the lights in New York.

After chasing down a match point at 4-5 to claw back from the brink, the former First Lady sprung from her courtside seat and pumped her fist as a wall of sound cascaded down from the mezzanine. By then, they should have known better as the relentless Tiafoe broke back in the fourth game, pumping his fist as he sprinted to his chair. Should he prevail in Sunday’s final, Alcaraz will become the youngest ever player to reach No 1 in the ATP’s world rankings. Having split the opening two sets, both players emerged from off-court bathroom breaks to a best-of-three match for a place in the final, but Tiafoe’s first extended mental letdown of the night cost him dearly as he was immediately broken at love to open the third. Already the youngest men’s grand slam semi-finalist since Nadal’s breakthrough run through the 2005 French Open, Alcaraz becomes only the second teenager to reach a US Open men’s final in the professional era after Pete Sampras in 1990. “I thought it is a new match in the fifth set. After a trade of holds to open the second, Alcaraz faced another gut-check moment serving at 30-all, when Tiafoe capped another hyperkinetic rally with a deft backhand volley winner for break point. Tiafoe saved it with a blistering 136mph service winner, but the Spaniard seized on his second chance moments later when Tiafoe overcooked a forehand from the baseline. He broke Alcaraz for the first time all night in the following game to get back on serve, fell behind a break again in the very next game, then broke once more to send the crowd into deafening roars. For more than four hours Alcaraz and Tiafoe traded hellfire in physical baseline rallies and tested their ample movement to the limit in dazzling cat-and-mouse exchanges that covered every inch of the court. Then it was Alcaraz’s turn to wriggle, only to escape from a 4-5, 30-40 bind by showing a glimpse of the tactical intelligence and sophisticated point construction he’s relied on throughout his breakthrough season. I came here to win the US Open and I feel I let everybody down.

The 19-year-old from Spain ended the talented American's deep run in New York in five sets and will play Casper Ruud of Norway for the men's singles title.

He did as he was told, pushing the set to a tiebreaker, where he cranked up his serve and finally got Alcaraz to make enough mistakes to force the deciding set. And he did, pulling even at 3-3 and saving a match point at 4-5 by chasing down a drop shot that had the former first lady up out of her seat and urging him on. Alcaraz beat him every which way, pushing him deep into the backcourt, then drawing him up to the net and passing him, as he seized control of a match that seemed like it would be over very soon. Tiafoe would have chances to get back into the set twice more, but Alcaraz shut the door both times, the first by mixing slices and topspin through a long rally, the second with a serve Tiafoe could not get back. A twist of his hips, a flick of his wrist, and the ball is sailing past. Tiafoe stayed even with Alcaraz through the first five games of the second set, but trouble arrived when he was serving at 2-3. Tiafoe had just won his 16th set out of 17 he had played in the tournament. Tiafoe got his first chance to win the set while leading 6-5, with Alcaraz serving, and then earned four more chances when the set moved to a tiebreaker. Tiafoe and Alcaraz hugged in the middle of the court, and when they separated, Alcaraz pointed at Tiafoe, urging the fans to let him hear them one last time. Tiafoe started for his chair, then paused to look at the fans and soak in the love they were giving him. Then in the last set he was up once more, and then all even again. Already he was the first American man to make the semifinals of this tournament in 16 years.

No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz, the Spanish teen phenom had a match point in the fourth set but needed five to defeat the American Frances Tiafoe.

US Open Men's Singles semifinals Highlights: Alcaraz defeated Jannik Sinner while Tiafoe beat Andrey Rublev to get to the semifinals.

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Alcaraz 0-1 Tiafoe*: Alcaraz picks up the first point and Tiafoe is right back, gets a point back as the Spaniard’s shot finds the net. Alcaraz* 3-3 Tiafoe: Alcaraz to serve and Tiafoe gets a point straightaway. Alcaraz makes Tiafoe move towards his right with a forehand shot and follows it with a shot that is placed to the extreme left, which is out of reach of the American. Alcaraz* 6-6 Tiafoe: A low backhand from Alcaraz is met by Tiafoe but the Spaniard plays a brilliant drop to fetch a point. Alcaraz with a body serve, Tiafoe tackles that but a drop from Alcaraz out of nowhere to ensure a point and he takes the lead, 5-4. Alcaraz 3-4 Tiafoe*: Tiafoe serves and Alcaraz picks up a point. Two lobs from Alcaraz and the American wins a point via a forehand smash on the 2nd lofted shot off Alcaraz. Tiafoe now enjoys a 2 point lead over Alcaraz and he has won the game. The Spaniard takes a 1 point lead now as Tiafoe finds the net. Alcaraz 1-0 Tiafoe*: Alcaraz takes the first point. Alcaraz 4-3 Tiafoe*: A point each for both the players. Alcaraz notices Tiafoe near the net and he lobs one over his head to enusre a point.

Frances Tiafoe's 2022 US Open dream may have been ended by Carlos Alcaraz on Friday night, but the American believes his run to the semi-finals in New York ...

I wish the fifth [set] was a breaker, because maybe I would have been 9-and-0.” Usually in the other breakers, I was serving huge. “I always knew to put two weeks together is obviously the toughest thing in the world. I just wish I was the one who got the W." “[It was] crazy getting to meet her after,” said the 24-year-old. “He's one of the best players in the world, for sure. He's going to be a problem for a very long time.” I've always tried hard, but [I’m making] my weaknesses stronger, breaking down my game a lot more, and I am a student of the game again. Him being in the race to be No. To have my first time beat him here in New York in front of everybody and seeing what that meant, that was crazy.” I've always backed myself against the best players in the world. But you know how close I can actually be to be one of those guys and to do this consistently.

Carlos Alcaraz and Frances Tiafoe engaged in a high-level, high-energy spectacle of a back-and-forth semifinal — no point over when it seemed to be, ...

He regrouped and broke to go up in the second set, and a pivotal juncture arrived with Alcaraz serving at 5-3 but facing a break point. As on that forehand, Alcaraz often rips the ball with abandon — and, somehow, with precision, too, aiming for the lines and finding them. One arrived in the second set's third game, when Alcaraz saved a break point and went on to hold. After one, Tiafoe went over for a little light-hearted exchange with Alcaraz's coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, the 2003 French Open champion who briefly was No. Either Ruud, the runner-up to Nadal at the French Open in June, will make a six-place jump that represents the biggest move ever to No. "Towards the end," Ruud, a 23-year-old from Norway, said about the longest point of this U.S. A smiling Tiafoe jokingly climbed over the net to Alcaraz's side, as if to go shake hands at match's end. I just wish I was the one who got the 'W.'" on Thursday, the latest finish in tournament history — and was better when he needed to be, taking four of the last five games. Afterward, Alcaraz spoke first in English, then in Spanish, telling his supporters that they helped him fight for "every point, every ball." No surprise, given he was the first American man in the semifinals at Flushing Meadows in 16 years. Ultimately, enough of the winners went Alcaraz's way, and too many of the mistakes came from Tiafoe's racket.

NEW YORK : An emotional Frances Tiafoe promised to one day hoist the U.S. Open trophy after his Cinderella story came to a premature end on Friday with a ...

Unbelievable night." "I've seen her before, but it's a little bit different circumstance. "Seeing her there was crazy ... He is also coping with his newfound celebrity after he came within two wins of breaking a 19-year Grand Slam drought by a U.S. I'm working smarter," he said. NEW YORK : An emotional Frances Tiafoe promised to one day hoist the U.S.

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The 24-year-old American put up quite the fight in a five-set semifinal match against No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz.

“I’m gonna come back and I will win this thing one day.” “I gave everything I had for the last two weeks. “I gave everything I had. Though he won’t get a chance to hoist the U.S. Tiafoe, who inspired the likes of former first lady Michelle Obama and Wizards star Bradley Beal to come to Flushing Meadows to support him, became the first American man to make the semifinals of the U.S. The 24-year-old American held on for more than four hours, but couldn’t withstand a final surge from the 19-year-old Spaniard and No.

Last year, Sam Jalloh zig-zagged across West Africa coaching tennis to kids, taking with him rackets, balls and a cellphone loaded with photos and videos of ...

He now coaches players on the pro tour from his home in England and is already planning his next coaching trip to Africa. He ran away from his adopted family and lived on the streets of Freetown before reuniting with his mother. Jalloh became aware of Tiafoe when he won the prestigious Orange Bowl junior tournament in Miami at the age of 15. The national media, normally with eyes only for soccer, has taken notice of tennis and Tiafoe has received much praise. They speak often on the phone, Jalloh said, and were in contact this week as Frances Jr. Jalloh wanted to know more about the young talent with Sierra Leonean heritage and eventually became good friends with Tiafoe’s dad. He feels the Tiafoe effect in Africa will “go on for a long time.” Some of the courts he’s coached on are neatly marked out and surrounded by fences. Jalloh’s phone has pinged and pinged this week with text messages from many of the kids, delighted by the 24-year-old Tiafoe’s incredible run to the semifinals at the U.S. Others are stretches of flat earth carved out of the wilderness outside town. Jalloh insists tennis is more popular than many think in West Africa. That move to encourage young Africans by showing them images of Tiafoe, an American with Sierra Leone roots, has paid off.

The second week has been all about Frances Tiafoe arriving. Tiafoe, the 24-year-old son of immigrants from Sierra Leone who grew up in Hyattsville, Md., stirred ...

In the first set tiebreaker, Tiafoe raced out a to a 6-3 lead and Alcaraz worked his way back to 6-all, only to double-fault away the set on set point. Open — and to reach a major final — at Wimbledon in 2009. In the tiebreak, Tiafoe cranked a 133-mph service winner to go ahead 6-5. He held to close out the second set and then raced through the third set, handing Tiafoe three breaks of serve. I will have to handle the nerves of being in a final of a Grand Slam but obviously I’m really really happy. And he did so despite Tiafoe winning two tiebreaks, improving to a record 8-0 in breakers in one U.S. “First time in a final of a Grand Slam, I can see the No. He once again calmly and coolly went five sets for the third straight match — joining Stefan Edberg and Andre Agassi among men to win three straight five-setters to reach a final. 5 Casper Ruud of Norway](https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamzagoria/2022/09/09/norways-casper-ruud-reaches-us-open-final-can-earn-world-no-1-ranking/), in Sunday’s final with each playing for his first major title and the No. He played the final of a Grand Slam in Roland Garros but this is my first time. Michelle Obama, Larry Fitzgerald and Jon Bon Jovi were among the stars contributing to an electric atmosphere in Ashe, where courtside seats were going for $6,000 and nosebleeds for $300. Open semifinals, and the first black man since Arthur Ashe in 1972.