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Frances Tiafoe and the other American men getting set to play at the U.S. Open are well aware of the facts. It's been 20 years since a man from the
Frances Tiafoe and the other American men getting set to play at the U.S. Open are well aware of the facts. It's been 20 years since a man from the United States won a Grand Slam singles title. The …
They were 10 words, 10 simple and factual and essentially harmless words — “It’s 20 years since Andy Roddick won the singles here ...” — yet as soon as that phrase hung in the air at Frances Tiafoe’s pre-U.S. Open news conference, and before the question could be completed, the 25-year-old from Maryland rolled his eyes. Once the query was resumed, it became about Roddick’s legacy as the last man from the United States to win a major singles title, taking a roundabout approach to a topic Tiafoe is so used to hearing about.
After losing in the first round at Wimbledon last month, Coco Gauff holed up at her London hotel to be alone and think. About what happened at the All England Club. About how she felt. About what she wanted to do to avoid that sort of result at the next Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open, which starts Monday in New York.
Coco Gauff, the 19-year-old American hopeful from Delray Beach, Fla., is peaking just in time for 2023 U.S. Open as she looks to claim the first major title of her promising career. Gauff is coming off another breakthrough title after she won the Cincinnati Open on Sunday.