Overview

• Tiafoe has advanced to the French Open quarterfinals without dropping a set, posting straight-set victories over Roman Safiullin, Pablo Carreno Busta, Sebastian Korda and Daniel Altmaier.
• He is the first American man to reach the Roland Garros quarterfinals in straight sets since Andre Agassi achieved the feat in 1995.
• Tiafoe will face Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti on Tuesday, holding a 3-2 head-to-head advantage on the main tour.
• Paul Annacone attributes his breakthrough to a rare equilibrium between mental composure and physical intensity.
• Tiafoe credits his aggressive ‘hard-court tennis on clay’ approach for unsettling opponents on Paris’s red dirt.