By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday July 25, 2024
Frances Tiafoe hasn’t been settled since he parted methods with longtime coach Wayne Ferriera on the finish of final season, however the World No.29 seems to be heading in that path as a brand new partnership with David Witt, the previous coach of Venus Williams and Jessica Pegula, has begun.
Witt is in Atlanta with Tiafoe, who talked concerning the partnership after his 6-4 3-6 6-3 win over Aslan Karatsev on Thursday.
“It’s been good,” Tiafoe mentioned. “It’s been a couple of week and a half.
“He’s tremendous chill identical to me and he’s clearly achieved a fantastic job with Venus and he did a fantastic job Pegula. It’s good to have him on the staff, we’ve been buddies for a very long time.
“I simply needed a contemporary begin with somebody and he was the proper man.”
Frances Tiafoe on his new teaching partnership with David Witt 🗣️@FTiafoe @ATLOpenTennis pic.twitter.com/721H3k5CGU
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Tiafoe began the 12 months working with Diego Moyano, who previously labored with Coco Gauff.
The pair break up in early April.
It hasn’t been a straightforward season for Tiafoe, who sports activities a 16-15 general file, however he did present indicators of life at Wimbledon the place he reached the third spherical and took eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz to 5 units.
The American will face Yoshihito Nishioka within the quarterfinals at Miami.
