"He wants his first major" - Tracy Austin on Frace Tiafoe

| by Sebastian Dahlman

Tracy Austin believes Frances Tiafoe is eager to win his first major and the American former player thinks he can do it.

Frances Tiafoe has always been a very talented player, but his lack of dedication to the game prevented him from making a significant breakthrough. He had a few moments the previous year, but this year it all came together, resulting in a 5-set loss to Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open.

Tiafoe demonstrated greater maturity this year, and it paid off for him because he approached the game with much more dedication than previously. When Tracy Austin appeared as a guest on the Tennis Channel, she discussed Tiafoe:

"I think the professionalism he has shown more throughout the year. His ability to play point by point and not have some of those lapses has really started to kick in. That builds on itself."

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"He's got to win more matches, gets more confidence and beating Nadal at the US Open doesn't hurt following it up by beating Rublev. That would have been a match where Francis would have let down before but he puts his paddle to the metal and takes Alcaraz too five sets" added Tracy who thinks Tiafoe is ready to win his first major:

"I think that he thinks that before I was a little satisfied band wasn't as professional as I could have. But now he's gotten the taste of it getting to the semis of the US Open and those late night matches, he wants more and I think he wants his first major."

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