Frances Tiafoe positive about video replay added to US Open 2024 rules

America’s tennis star Frances Tiafoe has hailed the decision to add video replay option for the US Open 2024. The fourth and final Grand Slam of the year will begin from will begin from August 26 where players from all over the world will participate to showcase their talent and secure the ultimate prize.

Tiafoe, who is also set to take part in the competition, was recently quoted in a report where he hailed the decision to allow video replay to make a correct call during the match. "Yeah, very happy to have that. Very happy to have that,” he said. "I think it's very, very big. There's a lot on the line that you're playing for. You know, I mean, some things that happened last week, I feel like this can't happen at an elite level. We're talking about top of the game, our biggest events outside of slams. I think it's a really, really good thing. You know, technology is so good now, I think it should be covered in that way for sure.”

The decision was taken after the recent controversy in the Cincinnati Open between Britain’s Jack Draper and Canada’s Felix Auger Aliassime in the round of 16. In that contest, on match point, it became clear on a replay that the ball bounced twice before Draper played the return shot, but the umpire failed to recognise it and refused to change the decision after watching the video replay as it was not allowed in the competition’s rules.

That incident was heavily criticised by former and current players, who expressed their views through different medians. Tiafoe is now set to take part in the US Open, where he will face fellow American Aleksandar Kovacevic in the opening round. It will be the second meeting between the two players in professional tennis. In the previous meeting, which was during the third round of the CITI Open earlier this year, it was Tiafoe who came out on top with a score of 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3.