Frances Tiafoe, Ben Shelton share brotherly bond ahead of US Open quarterfinals — Andscape
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 6, 2023
NEW YORK — After securing a fourth-round victory at the 2023 US Open over Caroline Wozniacki, tennis player Coco Gauff decided to share an entertaining story to the press involving two of her closest friends.
Those same friends just happen to be the first Black American male duo to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam since the Open Era began in 1968: Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton.
In that amazing anecdote, Gauff tapped into her inner promoter to hype the upcoming boxing-like showdown between . . .