Frances Tiafoe looks dominant in third-round rout at US Open with huge test coming

The Big Foe Show must go on. Frances Tiafoe kept up the strong showing by the American men at their home Grand Slam, steamrolling Valentin Vacherot 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 in a third-round rout at the U.S. Open. The 11th-seeded Tiafoe looked completely dominant, not broken once and needing under two hours to roll through into the Round of 16. “Friday night at the U.S. Open. Pretty easy to be locked-in those type of days,” Tiafore said in an on-court interview. “Let’s keep this thing going; why not?” Frances Tiafoe in action against Valentin Vacherot of Monaco during the Men’s Singles third round of the US Open Tennis Championship on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. OLGA FEDOROVA/EPA/Shutterstock There were signs in Louis Armstrong Stadium that read Big Foe Show, with celebrities Ja Rule and Lisa Leslie in the