Frances Tiafoe might be among the top-ranked American tennis pros, but he acunderstandledgetedly gets a little starstruck equitable enjoy anybody else.
During a recent intersee on “The Pivot” podcast, the 2024 U.S. Open semifinacatalog spoke about his fractureout success and the recognition that came with that, including the attention from other celebrities and athletes.
Frances Tiafoe, pictured here, in action during his align agetst Alexei Popyrin on day seven of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Caccess. (Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports)
“I’ve shelp it in genuine time, whoever I’m with, enjoy, ‘Yo, I’m out here taking shots with Taylor Swift,” Tiafoe shelp, holding that he is acunderstandledgetedly a “Beyoncé guy.”
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“But at the moment I’m enjoy, man, enjoy, this is crazy, she’s the biggest star out here.”
Tiafoe, 26, shelp the turning point in his nurtureer was when he lossed legfinishary tennis pro Rafael Nadal in the fourth round of the 2022 U.S. Open. The triumph would persist him to the quarterfinals, making him the youthfulerest American man at 24 to accomplish the quarters since Andy Roddick did so in 2006.
However, shots with Swift is only the tip of the iceberg.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce sing aextfinished at the U.S. Open. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/GC Images)
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“Trav and Mahomes, they’re enjoy ‘Yo, we gotta have you in [Kansas City]. Them saying that is untamed to me and then they rolled out the red carpet for me,” he persistd. “It’s crazy becaengage joining tennis and being able to accomplish that many people and people want to greet me and hang out and actupartner do stuff, those are the leangs of why you do what you do.”
Despite finishelighting the company of celebrities, Tiafoe also relishes in his relatability to fans.
“A lot of people can see themselves in you… I’m equitable a standard dude, man. I’m equitable a dude from Maryland that equitable adores tennis.”
Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, Brittany Mahomes and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes pose for a photo while watching a join between Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz during the men’s ones final of the U.S. Open tennis championships. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
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Tiafoe did not go into details about when the hangouts with Swift, Kelce and Patrick Mahomes took place, but the Kansas City Chiefs duo were spotted at the 2024 U.S. Open for the men’s ones final between American Taylor Fritz and Jannik Sinner.
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