"Tuff as hell" - Frances Tiafoe reacts to girlfriend Ayan Broomfield cheering him on in custom D.C. United jersey as the American reaches Citi Open SF

Frances Tiafoe's girlfriend Ayan Broomfield showed her support for her boyfriend in a unique way during his quarterfinal match against top seed Andrey Rublev at the 2024 Mubadala Citi DC Open. Broomfield wore a custom D.C. United jersey with Tiafoe’s name and number ‘85’ on it.

The current World No. 29 made his pro debut at Mubadala Citi DC Open ten years ago, and has been chasing his first title in Washington ever since, reaching the quarterfinals in 2022 and 2023, but falling to the eventual champions Nick Kyrgios and Daniel Evans, respectively.

At the 2024 Mubadala Citi DC Open, Tiafoe reached his first semifinal in his hometown tournament, after beating the top seed Andrey Rublev 6-4, 7-6. The 26-year-old also defeated Daniel Elahi Galan and Aleksandar Kovacevic in the previous rounds.

Tiafoe said he felt incredible to play in front of his home crowd and that he could feel the love they had for him.

"I saw the crowd and I was like, 'God, it's going to be epic tonight,' " Tiafoe said (via ATPTour.com). "I was even telling Andrey before, it's going to be pretty rowdy. I was super happy to see everyone come out on a Friday night and want to come watch me. It was incredible."

Tiafoe posted the picture of Broomfield in her custom jersey on his Instagram story on August 3.

"Tuff as hell 💗💗," Tiafoe captioned.

Frances Tiafoe on Instagram (instagram.com/bigfoe1998/)

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Frances Tiafoe and Sebastian Korda set for All-American showdown at Mubadala Citi DC Open SF

Frances Tiafoe (Source: Getty)

Frances Tiafoe and Sebastian Korda will face each other in the semifinal of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Saturday, August 3. Both players are seeking their first title of the 2024 season at the only combined ATP-WTA 500-level tennis tournament in the world.

Fourth seed Korda received a bye in the first round and defeated Cristian Garin, and Thanasi Kokkinakis (walkover) en route to the last eight where he won 6-4, 6-2 against seventh seed Jordan Thompson. The 24-year-old, who won his maiden ATP title in Parma in 2023, is aiming to reach his second final of the year.

This will be the sixth meeting between Tiafoe and Korda on the ATP Tour, with the former holding a 3-2 edge in their head-to-head record. Tiafoe won their matches in New York (2018), Indian Wells (2021), and Estoril (2022), while Korda prevailed in their last two encounters at Cincinnati (2022) and Queen’s Club (2023).

The winner of this match will face either tenth seed Flavio Cobolli or second seed Ben Shelton in the final.