They’re clowns. Tiafoe insulted his opponents and impressed at Wimbledon with a turnaround

He was part of the elite ten in the ATP rankings. Now Frances Tiafoe is much lower. He hasn’t attracted much attention with his results lately, his opponents’ rankings have been more successful in this regard.

Tiafoe and his way down

A year ago, he was ranked tenth in the ATP rankings and he also competed at Wimbledon in this position. Today, Frances Tiafoe has to settle for a ranking twenty rungs lower.

And he’s having a hard time accepting it. His knee problems are also to blame. The American tennis player has only had one successful tournament this year.

The Maryland native shone on clay in Houston. This April, at this domestic tournament, he made it through to the final, where he lost in three sets to compatriot Shelton.

The twenty-six-year-old tennis player has no problem at all winning two matches in a row. Apart from the aforementioned Houston, he managed to do it only a month earlier in Delray Beach.

And what emotions it evokes in him is clear from his comments about his opponents. “I’m losing to clowns,” Tiafoe expressed in this regard. In his own words, sincerely.

Thus, a large number of players fall into this category. The American Tomas Machac, for example, was escorted out of the Australian Open. At Roland Garros, the American fell short to the Canadian Shapovalov.

The question is whether Tiafoe counts players from the higher spheres of the rankings among the clowns. Among the tennis player’s conquerors this year are also Greek Tsitsipas or Draper, the iron in the fire of the home fans at Wimbledon.

Wimbledon turnaround

But it was at Wimbledon that the American succeeded on Monday. Even though he started his match against Italian Arnaldi ingloriously.

Tiafoe failed to serve out the first set, only to eventually lose it in the tiebreak. And the second set was also a big disappointment with a score of 2:6.

But the former US Open semi-finalist found the strength to turn things around and dominated the remaining three sets 6: 1, 6: 3, 6: 3. On Wednesday, he will take on Croatia’s Čorić.

His upcoming opponent has also seen better times and also believes in their comeback. Let’s see if he too will fall into the clown category or if Tiafoe will rise to the challenge and win two matches in a row in the tournament for the first time in a long time.

Source: Wimbledon, Express