Frances Tiafoe got a test in his U.S. Open opener. And he passed it.
Pushed by New York native Aleksandar Kovacevic, Tiafoe had to gut his way to a 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 first-round victory at Louis Armstrong Stadium.
But Tiafoe broke to go up 6-5 in the fourth, and after failing to convert his first four match points, the fifth time was the charm. Tiafoe has been up and down this year but made the final of the Cincinnati Open last week to break back into the top 20.“I’ve been around for . That 10 years goes really fast. Hope to be around another 10,” Tiafoe said. “I just remember a little kid with a lot of dreams.”His mother Milanka is from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and his father Milan Kovacevic — who worked at Columbia University — is from Belgrade, Serbia.
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