By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday July 9, 2023

Frances Tiafoe, newly anointed member of the ATP’s Top 10, expects lots from himself on the Grand Slams. That’s why he was bitterly upset together with his efficiency this weekend, as he really feel in straight units to Grigor Dimitrov throughout Saturday and Sunday (the match was suspended attributable to rain on Saturday), 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

Talking up his possibilities as a participant that might go all the best way, Tiafoe was fast to critique his efficiency on Sunday after his third-round loss.

“I’m Top 10 in the word, I played like I didn’t have an ATP point,” he mentioned, in line with TennisMajors.com . “It hurts man, I don’t really know what to add.”

Tiafoe, who raised the bar for himself by reaching the US Open semifinals final September, and profitable his first grass-court title in Stuttgart earlier this summer season, known as his personal tennis “a disaster.”

“I had a great season so far,” the 25-year-old mentioned. “In the Slams I had a second week look so it’s sad. I played horrendous today, a disaster today.”

Frances Tiafoe leaves Wimbledon with a bitter style in his mouth 👇https://t.co/UnvlJ6dEtK

— Tennis Majors (@Tennis_Majors) July 9, 2023

It has been a tricky Wimbledon for the American males – of the 13 that made the primary draw, solely Chris Eubanks has reached the spherical of 16. No.9-seeded Taylor Fritz blew a two units to like lead towards Sweden’s Mikael Ymer within the second spherical, whereas Sixteenth-seeded Tommy Paul fell to Jiri Lehecka in 5 within the third spherical. Sebastian Korda, Ben Shelton and JJ Wolf additionally didn’t make the mark.

For his half, Tiafoe says that the strain of being a Top 10 participant didn't play a task in his loss.

“I’m already winning in life,” he mentioned. “It doesn’t really matter. I want to win a Grand Slam for me. Not for you, not for the media. It’s just a bad performance today.

Not much to say, I’m pretty down. Tough to understand. I have to deal with that. In tennis you got to have short memories, I’ve got to continue and see how I can bounce back.”

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