Tombeur d'Adrian Mannarino, Frances Tiafoe a logiquement éteint dimanche soir en huitième de finale de l'US Open l'étonnant Rinky Hijikata, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4. L'Australien avait profité d'un tableau dégagé mais n'a pas pu tenir contre le 10e mondial. Chez lui, en n'ayant lâché qu'un set en route, Tiafoe arrive en quarts en pleine confiance et avec de belles ambitions. Le joueur de 25 ans, demi-finaliste en 2022, va tenter de retrouver ce stade de la compétition et aura une belle opportunité contre Ben Shelton. "Foe" devra se méfier de son jeune compatriote.
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00:00 You mentioned Ben just a little bit.
00:02 How would you describe his style of play and how it fits with yours?
00:08 Yeah, I mean, he's just an extremely loud player.
00:10 I mean, he hits the ball big, serves huge.
00:11 I mean, he's serving pretty much 150s today.
00:13 I mean, he's throwing his whole arm at that thing.
00:15 He's so pumped up, you know, so he comes to the net.
00:18 He's got great volleys, really athletic.
00:20 I mean, he's a great player.
00:23 It's fun to watch.
00:23 You know, he's saying the loudest come on from the first point of the match to the last.
00:28 Because of it, he's young.
00:30 He's got a lot of energy.
00:31 So he's great for the sport.
00:33 It's cool to see a guy like that play.
00:35 And I mean, for me, I think, you know, I mean, I enjoy playing lefties.
00:40 I like playing lefties.
00:41 And I'm going to do a good job making him play a lot of balls and just make it,
00:45 try to make it a really tough night for him.
00:47 We'll see, you know, not going to lay out all the antidotes right here.
00:53 One of the things on the stadium is when you win, you hit the balls into the stands.
00:58 What is that ritual like?
01:01 And what is the goal when you're trying to fire balls into the stands?
01:04 I don't think I'm thinking about anything.
01:06 I was like, he's not, he's one.
01:08 I'm just trying to hit the wall as far as I can.
01:09 And I mean, someone catches a great, someone doesn't also great.
01:13 I don't really care how that boy, I guess.
01:15 No, I have one and I advance and ask this.
01:19 I mean, I'm sure a lot of people do it.
01:21 But I mean, for me, I mean, I usually do it automatically.
01:23 It just kind of happens.
01:24 The fourth round last year was Rafa.
01:27 He was that he was probably the favorite going in, you think this year, fourth round.
01:36 You're the favorite.
01:37 How do you compare those two experiences at night?
01:43 Is this night and day from a year ago?
01:44 I'm saying totally different, right?
01:46 I mean, I last year was like, goes like I want to get to the fourth round and play Rafa.
01:51 I was like, that was like my goal when I seen the draw.
01:54 Obviously one day at a time, but and then I was like, then we played and then obviously
02:00 it was all hectic from there.
02:02 But you know, now you're playing a match, you know, a guy.
02:04 They don't really know who's new on the tour and being a lot of guys and being a lot of guys pretty convincingly.
02:10 So you're like, kind of feel it out.
02:12 And I thought the good job taming him pretty well and you know, one pretty convincingly today, but
02:16 it's definitely a different seat to be in playing matches where,
02:20 you know, you're supposed to win in a major where you really want to do well and stuff.
02:23 So, but they handle it pretty well.
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