World number one Jannik Sinner won his fifth title of the season after beating American Frances Tiafoe in straight sets in the Cincinnati Open final on Monday. The top seeded Sinner, who missed the Paris 2024 Olympics due to tonsillitis and has been battling a hip injury, saw off Tiafoe 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 in one hour and 37 minutes in the men's singles event in Ohio....
Frances Tiafoe was unable to progress at the 2024 Wimbledon after losing a five-set third round battle 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 5-7(2-7), 2-6 to defending champion Carlos Alcaraz on Friday. The 26-year-old American of Sierra Leone heritage was broken by Alcaraz in the sixth game of the first set but was able to bounce back by breaking his opponent twice to take the set in 55 minutes....
The 2023 US Open began on Monday with African-American favourites Frances Tiafoe, Christopher Eubanks and Coco Gauff securing first round victories and progressing to the next round. The 10th seed Tiafoe, who is of Sierra Leonean descent, wasted very little time as he dispatched teenage compatriot Learner Tien 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 in a time of two hours, nine minutes and will face Austria's Sebastian Ofner in...
Frances Tiafoe has been knocked out the 2023 Wimbledon Championship after suffering a straight sets 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 loss to Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday. The first two sets were played on Saturday but did not conclude because of rain. In the first two sets from Saturday, Dimitrov was in control, breaking Tiafoe in the sixth and eighth game of the first set to see it out...
Michael Mmoh has been knocked out of the 2023 Wimbledon Championship following his straight-sets (7-5, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4) defeat to Maximilian Marterer on Thursday. The 25-year-old son of Former Nigerian tennis professional Tony Mmoh had beaten Canadian-Togolese and world number 12 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round in four sets but faced a stern second-round test against his German opponent. The first set saw each player...
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