"American tennis is looking really great right now, the guys are finally catching up to the women." Rennae Stubbs having a little fun with Frances Tiafoe post match. 😂
(VIDEO) Tiafoe told "The guys are finally catching up to the women" at US Open by Serena Williams' ex-coach
Tennis NewsMonday, 04 September 2023 at 13:52
Rennae Stubbs, a former coach of Serena Williams, joked with Frances Tiafoe that American men's singles players were finally catching up to the level of American women's singles following his win at the US Open.
Former doubles world No. 1 Stubbs is interviewing players at this year's New York major, a year after she was at Flushing Meadows as part of tennis legend Serena's coaching team for the final tennis tournament of her career. The six-time US Open champion made it to the third round in 2022, where she lost to Ajla Tomljanovic in three sets.
A year on from this, American tennis appears to be in a very strong place, with several players across the women's and men's singles making it to the fourth round, and the likes of Tiafoe, Ben Shelton, and Coco Gauff having already booked themselves a spot in the quarter-finals.
Stubbs jokes that the men are catching up to the women
Tenth seed Tiafoe has had a highly successful run so far at the last Grand Slam of the season. He started off with a straight-sets win against wild card Learner Tien, before going on to do the same against Sebastian Ofner.
The 25-year-old dropped his first set in the third round as he played against twenty-second seed Adrian Mannarino, but fought back to win in four sets. In the Round of 16 he moved past Rinky Hijikata, again in straight sets.
Following his most recent win, he talked to Stubbs in his on-court interview. The Australian decided to have a little fun with Tiafoe, joking that it was nice to see that the American men were catching up with the women.
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"American tennis is looking really great right now, the guys are finally catching up to the women," she said.
This evoked laughter from Tiafoe and loud cheers from the crowd, before Stubbs added that she "couldn't help [herself]."
She then went on to ask Tiafoe how much he and his compatriots were pushing each other to get deep runs at big tournaments.
"I think it's something that's definitely unspoken, you see guys who you grew up with and played against for so many years, you rub shoulders with these guys, you see them doing exceptional things. I think it's just a domino effect, I mean you believe it if they're doing it and then we're kind of just trying to one-up each other," he said with a smile.
"It's definitely a great thing we have and I hope we just keep going for many years," he continued.
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