Things have started well for Frances Tiafoe at the ATP 250 in Hong Kong, but the American’s aspirations go much further than this week. The world No. 16 analyzes its growth intention in this 2024 academic year.
He is probably not one of the men with the most focus on himself, but we will all agree that Frances Tiafoe He still hasn’t said his last word on the circuit. Or at least, she hasn’t given him the best speech. From the hand of Diego Moyano In 2024, the Maryland player added his first victory of the calendar in the ATP 250 de Hong Kongwhere he later explained in a press conference what his long-term wishes are.
“It’s the first game of the season, under the tutelage of a new coach, so I think I did a good job,” he commented in ATP after beating in two rounds Miomir Kecmanovic. “I have developed a great level of tennis, Miomir is a great player, he is even a better person than an athlete, so I am happy with my performance, we push each other,” added the tennis player who will turn 26 in a couple of weeks. .
And what happened to Tiafoe in 2023? Was he satisfied with his last season? It’s a complicated question that Frances attempted to answer at that same conference. “For much of 2023 I was putting pressure on myself, it was very complicated for me. Last year I was very results-oriented, maybe too much, but it was still a great year, although I didn’t perform as I wanted in the big events,” she critically assesses his numbers in Grand Slam.
“When I didn’t get what I wanted, that was when the problems came, which was accentuated at the end of the season. Now my intention is to return to what I do best, having fun, but competing at a high level,” he emphasizes. Big Foe, an athlete who has always performed better when he came with a smile from home. That joy is what he seeks to recover as soon as possible to once again approach his goal of reaching the top 10, just as he already did last September for the first time in his career.
A MORE RESERVED TIAFOE
Seated at #16 in the individual ranking, Tiafoe hopes that his alliance with Diego Moyano even improves the numbers obtained with Wayne Ferreira, although the greatest responsibility will always be in his own hands. In Hong Kong he will face each other in the quarterfinals against Juncheng Shang –whom he surpassed on the two previous occasions they faced each other–, although his head is installed in a long-term mentality, where the most important thing is to recover the essence that gave him so much joy in the past.
“I’m trying to get my personality out there again, being tough day in and day out. Tonight has been a promising start, every little detail is important along the way, brick by brick. Rome was not built in a day. Many people are interested in how I got this year, the answer is that I feel good, I have a lot of confidence in this season. I had a great preseason, I made some changes, but it’s just a perspective, everything is long-term oriented. Now I am very cautious about this,” concluded the American.
2024-01-04 18:45:35
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