Benton was at Tiafoe’s match on Monday and has been in contact with him over the summer.
“He’s a little —” Benton paused and with his arms imitated someone who was experiencing the inevitable weight of expectations, the biggest of which are those Tiafoe has set for himself.
A typical Tiafoe sequence occurred Monday during a tight second set against Tien.
With the score knotted at 4-4, Tien rose and twisted and snapped a backhand overhead that looked like a certain winner.
Then he did his trademark frozen stare into the crowd, his cue for the fans to get loud.
Persons:
Benton, “, ” Benton, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, Tien, Tiafoe
Organizations:
Australian, Tien
Locations:
Houston, Stuttgart, Germany, Wimbledon