In a sport that had for generations been largely viewed as rich and white, having two black men playing under the brightest lights on the biggest stage — named after a black man — is huge.
An all-American U.S. Open quarterfinal between Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton — no, make that an all-African-American quarterfinal — Tuesday night on Arthur Ashe Stadium won’t just be a moment.American men’s tennis has gone through a dry spell, without a Grand Slam win since 2003.
A monumental all-African-American quarterfinal match will take place tomorrow between Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton.It’s a battle in which no matter who comes out victorious, the winner is American tennis. Born to immigrants who escaped civil war in Sierra Leone, Tiafoe lived in the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park that his day-laborer father helped build and clean.
At 25, Tiafoe is more in the class of Fritz and Tommy Paul, the latter Shelton’s fourth-round victim. And he’s taken Shelton, 20, under his wing.Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
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