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Tennis is not just limited to players nowadays. It extends to their partners who support them during their endeavors on the Tour. Social media has made it possible for tennis enthusiasts to follow up on updates of players’ on and off-court lives. Sometimes, people come across adorable couple moments as we saw during the victory of Frances Tiafoe at the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston. The American tennis player had a wholesome surprise waiting for him in the form of his girlfriend.

The promising rise of Frances Tiafoe since last year’s US Open has put considerable attention on the player. While following the ATP star, people have gotten to know about his girlfriend, Ayan Broomfield, who gave him a wholesome surprise in the finals of the ATP clay-court event in Houston.

Frances Tiafoe gets a surprise from his girlfriend Ayan Broomfield 

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Tiafoe secured his first victory on the ATP Tour this year after defeating Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the finals of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. A straight-set victory right at the start of the clay-court season will be a huge morale boost for the American player. While thanking his people after his victory, he gave a very sweet shout-out to his girlfriend.

USA Today via Reuters

Surprisingly, he did not know that Ayan Broomfield was in Houston. So, seeing her there, cheering for him, made his day.

He later stated, “I see my girlfriend in the crowd and I was like, ‘I didn’t even know you were in Houston. I thought you were in LA!'”

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The couple has been together for almost six years now after making their relationship public in 2018. However, Tiafoe is not the only player she is associated with.

How does Tiafoe’s girlfriend know Venus and Serena Williams?

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The girlfriend of the American tennis star is herself a Canadian tennis player. Her association with tennis made her get in contact with Venus and Serena Williams. Broomfield took to her Instagram to announce her role as a body double of Venus Williams in the movie ‘King Richard’.

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With a girlfriend who is a tennis player, Tiafoe has surrounded himself with people who are there for him in his tough rise in the highest level of professional tennis.

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