Michelle Obama He waved his arms in the air and shouted, “Come on, Enemy!” down the track Arthur Ashe of Flushing Meadows, Frances Tiafoe he was happy to see that he had a new fan. Obama sat behind the baseline to watch the American play Friday night in the second semifinal of the US Open, giving thumbs up and shouting as he was shown on video screens.
“And to think she was afraid she made a bad first impression on the former first lady.” Shortly after seeing Obama, before he even showed it to the fans, Tiafoe recalled a particularly bad punch. “I think I missed a return,” he said, recalling thinking “she thinks I’m lazy. I can’t make a return.”
Tiafoe actually put on a great show, taking No.3 seed Carlos Alcaraz to the fifth set before falling 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-1, 6-7(5) , 6-3. That ended the longest run by an American at the US Open since Andy Roddick reached the final in 1996, and left Tiafoe one win away from becoming the first black American in a major final since being runner-up MaliVai Washington at Wimbledon in 1996.
After the game, he spoke with Obama and they walked out of the track tunnel together. He said his goodbyes before meeting his supporters, which included Washington Wizards star John Wall once again. “Obviously, we all know what he means. It was crazy to meet him afterwards. It was an amazing, amazing night,” Tiafoe said.
Source: La Verdad
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