Calling me Ronald McDonald… I did not assume that was humorous

Frances Tiafoe lately made his emotions identified about Taylor Townsend roasting his Citi Open outfit throughout his second spherical. The American is at present gearing up for his upcoming occasions of the 2025 tennis season.

Tiafoe locked horns with Flavio Cobolli, the place not solely his spectacular efficiency garnered consideration, but additionally his Washington Commanders-inspired match gained reactions. He wore a Lululemon yellow and pink outfit as a tribute to the Washington Commanders NFL staff within the second spherical of the event.

Shortly after his match in opposition to Cobolli, the American revealed the explanation behind why he was upset with Townsend within the post-match press convention. Opening up about her roasting his Citi Open outfit, he mentioned whereas laughing (as quoted by Tennis.com):

“I am a little bit upset together with her, as a result of she was clowning my outfit, calling me Ronald McDonald earlier right now. I wasn’t messing with that in any respect. I did not assume that was humorous earlier. I will need to knock her, or not it’s your individual folks, man. That is the factor. Or not it’s your individual folks!” mentioned Frances Tiafoe.

Tiafoe was final seen in motion on July 25, the place he competed within the third spherical of the Citi DC Open; nonetheless, he fell wanting advancing additional after being bested by Ben Shelton. The latter dominated the spherical and claimed the victory with a straight two-set victory win (7-6(7), 6-4).

Forward of the Citi Open marketing campaign, Tiafoe competed at Wimbledon, which noticed him get underwhelmed by Cameron Norrie within the second spherical of the event on July 2, 2025.

Frances Tiafoe made his emotions identified about Ben Shelton forward of their conflict on the Citi Open

Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton are two of essentially the most distinguished American gamers within the tennis world, and so they have delivered a number of nail-biting but thrilling clashes collectively in a number of tournaments. Forward of their showdown within the third spherical of the Citi Open, Tiafoe sat for a pre-match convention, the place he was requested about his emotions on teaming up with Shelton within the event’s males’s doubles.

Replying to this, Tiafoe opened up about his emotions for Shelton, speaking in regards to the video games they’ve performed collectively.

“I really like Ben, man. We have had unimaginable battles and have become extremely shut the previous few years. Our humor, our mannerisms may be very a lot the identical,” Frances Tiafoe mentioned.

Reflecting on how the gang will react seeing him and Shelton play collectively, he mentioned:

“And the gang’s going to go nuts. We simply practiced simply now and we could not even get out the court docket. The crowds are going to go completely nuts. I am tremendous excited to get on the market with him and we will go for it. We’ll strive fairly onerous and attempt to win some matches out right here, each singles and doubles. So it is going to be actually enjoyable.”

Frances Tiafoe opened his 2025 season by competing on the Brisbane Worldwide, the place he could not progress additional than the second spherical after being defeated by Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.