American Star Frances Tiafoe Narrates Emotional Talk With Father About Using Tennis To Change Their Lives Forever: ‘Gonna Go a Little Bit Farther’

This year’s US Open was all about the current and future generation of ATP players. We saw Carlos Alcaraz winning the championship in Flushing Meadows. Even Frances Tiafoe had a good run at the US Open this year. He lost his semi-final match against the eventual champion, Alcaraz. Both Tiafoe and Alcaraz have gained a lot of popularity over the years.

There are always these backstories that take the fans by storm about their favorite player. Frances Tiafoe’s inspirational story is one of them. He inspired a lot of the American younger generation with the story of how he and his family’s hard work made it to where he is today. Recently in an interview, he opened up about his younger days and assuring who he is today.

Young Frances Tiafoe once assured his father about tennis

In a recent interview with Good Morning America, he was asked about his tennis journey. Tiafoe recalled a time when he assured his father about his tennis career. He said, “My parents are everything in my life. I wouldn’t be doing this interview or any of the achievements that I have had.”  

His parents had no idea what their son’s future would look like. They wanted to use tennis as a way to get through college. He said, “They definitely wanted to use this tennis thing as you know, free education, full scholarship um and I was like you know how about we use the sentencing to change our lives, right? You know forever just having that mindset such a young age, I think it was able to get me.”

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The American star had an outstanding junior career and is constantly growing on the tennis court. His father always wanted him to get a secured job after college, but he had other plans for his future.

Tiafoe displayed his best performance in the US Open

Tiafoe’s matches at the US Open were full of surprises. He defeated the world Number three Rafael Nadal in the fourth round to reach the US Open quarterfinals. The 22nd seed was the first player to defeat Nadal this year in a Grand Slam tournament.

To make his way further, Tiafoe defeated Andrey Rublev and became the first American man to reach the US Open semifinals. The last American to reach the US Open final was Andy Roddick in 2006.

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Tiafoe’s US Open journey came to an end when he was defeated by Alcaraz. Coming too close to the title and not winning it, he made promised himself that he would win the championship soon.