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Tiafoe loses French Open fourth-round match after leading two sets to one
Frances Tiafoe lost to Matteo Arnaldi in the fourth round of the French Open after holding a two-sets-to-one and 4-1 lead. The match lasted nearly five and a half hours and ended after 1 a.m. local time.
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Frances Tiafoe lost to Matteo Arnaldi of Italy in the fourth round of the French Open on Monday night after leading two sets to one and 4-1 in the fourth set. The match lasted nearly five and a half hours and concluded after 1 a.m. Paris time. Tiafoe did not attend the customary post-match news conference. He had advanced past the second round with a five-set win over Hubert Hurkacz.
Background on training changes Tiafoe hired performance physiologist Mark Kovacs late in 2025 after an early exit at the U.S. Open. Kovacs, who first met Tiafoe at age 12 while working at the USTA, introduced stricter training discipline and scheduling.
Tiafoe credited the work with Kovacs for improving his physical condition and said he stopped relying solely on talent. "[We've had] a lot of conversations, trying to be real, man," Tiafoe said. "What are you really trying to do, what are you trying to get out of it?
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