Frances Tiafoe Triumphs Over Ben Shelton in Five Sets | TC Live

EVENT. BLED INTO THE NIGHT. AND FRANCES WITH A SIGNATURE WIN. >> WHOSE HOUSE? FRANCES SAID IT WAS HIS BLEEPING HOUSE. >> CHANDA, YOU KNOW, I WAS IMPRESSED. MY QUESTIONS FOR FRANCES TIAFOE WAS IN THE FIFTH SET. WAS HE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD HIS GROUND AT THE BEGINNIN, HOLD SERVE. AND HE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THAT EARLY BREAK THAT WAS HUGE AND YOU COULD SEE THE CONFIDENCE, THE BELIEF IT BUILT AS THE MATCH WENT ON AND DOWN THE STRETCH, HE TOOK IT TO SHELTON AND YOU KNOW MUCH RESPECT BETWEEN THOSE TWO PLAYERS. BUT IT WAS A WIN THAT TIAFOE NEEDED AND HE GOT IT DONE. >> LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL TAKEAWAYS FOR FRANCES. BUT NUMBER ONE HE RETURNED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL, PUT A LOT OF BALLS IN PLAY, MADE SHELTON WORK AS MUCH AS HE POSSIBLY COULD ON THOSE RETURN GAMES, AND TWO, AS HE SAID AFTER HE LOST THAT THIRD SET. I WAS I WAS GOING TO DIE OUT THERE. I WAS WILLING TO DIE OUT THERE AND THAT MENTALITY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT FRANCES HAS BEEN MISSING IN, IN IN PATCHES. SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THAT FRANCES IS VERY OPEN. >> HE SAID, LOOK, I BUILD MY SEASON TO PEAK AT THE US OPEN AND IT'S WORKED OUT SO WELL THIS YEAR. HE'S REALLY COME INTO HIS OWN ON THE HARD COURTS. AND I THINK YOU LOOK AT THIS DRAW YAWNING OPEN AND SUDDENLY FRANCES, WHO IS SUB 500 FOR THE YEAR IN WASHINGTON, D.C, LOOK AT WHAT HE'S DONE IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS. CONTENDER. BUT I THINK THE RUN DOESN'T NECESSARILY STOP HE