Tennis commentator Brian Clark believes that Fritz and Tiafoe will have major pressure to go deep at grand slams next year.
Both Fritz and Tiafoe have had pretty strong years overall with both set to finish in the top 30 at the end of the year. The Americans have had decent outings at grand slams lately but according to Clark it's not enough because the American culture demands success:
"I think you need those results deep into a Major. That's the American culture, it's 'go big or go home.' People want to see the American man play for a singles final."
He continued:
"It's all they're paying for, the title. Look at the buzz around Tiafoe when he was in the final four of the US Open, and that was the first week of the football season here in the US. Tennis is always on the back burner at large that weekend. But people wanted to see Tiafoe, they wanted to see what he would do."