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LONDON (Reuters) - American 23rd seed Frances Tiafoe kept his focus in the face of an Alexander Bublik circus act on Friday to reach the Wimbledon fou...

Tiafoe looked in danger of being suckered in to the Bublik sideshow when he faced a break point at 4-4 but the American banged down an ace and held with a drop shot reply to a Bublik serve return drop shot, getting a clap from his opponent. Bublik appeared to have thrown in the towel when trailing 3-0 in the fourth but it was just a ruse. Bublik held the upper hand when he took the opening set but Tiafoe stuck manfully to his task and won the second on a tiebreak before doing the same in the third.

Underhand first serves, supersonic second serves, casual slice forehands, high-arcing moonballs, sardonic laughter: That was all Alexander Bublik seemed to ...

At last year’s US Open, there were four American men and four American women in the third round. We all believe it, all believe we can be even doing better than what we are doing currently.” As the second week starts, it will be a moment of opportunity, and truth, for Tiafoe and his fellow American men. That’s tennis, and that’s the only way you can win in this type of situation. Mertens; Alcaraz vs. Kecmanovic; Kerber vs. Wimbledon Badosa; Nadal vs. Tsitsipas; Kvitova vs. Wimbledon Wimbledon Wimbledon

Alexander Bublik is known as one of the most watchable characters on court in the game as there is no telling what antics he will attempt to pull off and ...

It took two tiebreak sets in the middle of the match for the 23rd-seeded Frances Tiafoe to defeat Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan 3-6 7-6(1) 7-6(3) 6-4 ...

He did though get back on serve and nearly forced a third tiebreak only to drop his serve again, this time crucially whilst trying to stay in the match. “And he had a break point to serve for the fourth. “At the end, when he was spinning in underarm serves and those antics, I was close to losing my head.

LONDON (Reuters) - American 23rd seed Frances Tiafoe kept his focus in the face of an Alexander Bublik circus act on Friday to reach the Wimbledon fou...

Tiafoe looked in danger of being suckered in to the Bublik sideshow when he faced a break point at 4-4 but the American banged down an ace and held with a drop shot reply to a Bublik serve return drop shot, getting a clap from his opponent. Bublik appeared to have thrown in the towel when trailing 3-0 in the fourth but it was just a ruse. Bublik held the upper hand when he took the opening set but Tiafoe stuck manfully to his task and won the second on a tiebreak before doing the same in the third.