“Come on! Let’s go! Let’s go!”
“Nice serve! Yes sir! That’s what I’m talking about!”
“He’s turning it up!”
“I love that one!”
“Get there Frances, get there!”
The cheers came from one of Frances Tiafoe’s suites, where a number of his most ardent supporters — his friends and family, and also his security — watched his semifinal match in between sips of beer and bites of sliders and fries.
Yancy Dennis, 25, said he has known Tiafoe since the two were young boys playing at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Md.