Without Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and their combined 40 Grand Slam titles at this year’s U.S. Open, the rest of the field is “hungry” and “foaming at the mouth” to win matches and advance in the draw.
Without Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and their combined 40 Grand Slam titles at this year’s U.S. Open, the rest of the field is “hungry” and “foaming at the mouth” to win matches and advance in the draw. So says American Frances Tiafoe, who took out No.5 seed Andrey Rublev in the third round before losing to Canadian No.12 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in the fourth round late Sunday night,4-6,6-2,7-6,6-4. “You don’t have Roger, Rafa,” Tiafoe said. “Guys are hungry, guys are like, The f—king Open, I got to f—king push.” He added: “I definitely think guys are trying extra hard, because there is [no] Roger, Rafa. I truly believe that. I see guys foaming in the mouth, pretty funny to watch, I’m in the locker room cracking up.” Of course, world No.1 Novak Djokovic is playing at the Open and stands just four match-wins from becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win the Grand Slam. Djokovic is set to face American Jenson Brooksby in the fourth round on Monday night at 7 p.m. Brooksby is one of three Americans on the card on Labor Day, along with No.22 seed Reilly Opelka, t he huge-serving 7-footer who faces Lloyd Harris of South Africa, and Shelby Rogers, who knocked off world No.
