Tiafoe on a run
Frances Tiafoe is rolling — eight wins from his last 10 matches and he saved match points in his latest Miami outing as he pushes deep on hard courts. (rotowire.com) With top seeds tumbling, his recent streak makes him a genuine dark‑horse threat in a suddenly open ATP draw. (perfect-tennis.com)
Frances Tiafoe downed defending champion Jakub Menšík 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(11) in Miami, with the decider stretching to a 13-11 final tiebreak and the match lasting 2 hours 51 minutes. (atptour.com) That victory marked Tiafoe’s 250th tour‑level win and made him, alongside Taylor Fritz, one of only two active American men to reach that milestone. (atptour.com) The ATP match report notes Tiafoe has reached the Miami fourth round for the fifth time (his first fourth‑round showing since 2022) and lists Terence Atmané as his next opponent after the Frenchman’s upset of Félix Auger‑Aliassime. (atptour.com) Tiafoe arrives in Florida off a spring hard‑court surge that included a run to the Acapulco final — where he lost to Flavio Cobolli — and a dramatic semifinal win over Brandon Nakashima to reach that ATP 500 title match. (abiertomexicanodetenis.com) The draw has opened up: World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz was stunned by Sebastian Korda and Daniil Medvedev fell to Francisco Cerúndolo, outcomes that have removed high seeds from Tiafoe’s half of the field. (atptour.com) Tournament organizers reported that Tiafoe is one of five Americans into the Miami fourth round, the most U.S. men at that stage since 1996, while the ATP lists him at No. 20 in the PIF ATP Rankings. (miamiopen.com)
