PARIS (AP) 鈥� Frances Tiafoe had some strong words for his opponent during another grueling five-set victory at the on Saturday.
Tiafoe and Portuguese qualifier Jaime Faria started arguing about a call early in the fifth set.
鈥淒on鈥檛 act like you鈥檙e tough. You鈥檙e not hard, bro. Just play,鈥� Tiafoe told Faria.
Faria then complained to the chair umpire as the players approached each other at the net: 鈥淵ou see what he鈥檚 saying?鈥�
The chair umpire told both players to be quiet.
Tiafoe won the third-round match 4-6, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-2 in exactly four hours.
鈥淚 needed that,” Tiafoe said of the exchange. “Because I鈥檓 up at the time but I鈥檓 still a little nervous. And he was chirping. He definitely gave me a lot of lip. He thought he was (boxer) Ryan Garcia or something.”
Tiafoe next meets Matteo Arnaldi, who eliminated Raphael Collignon in a fifth-set tiebreaker after nearly five hours.
Tiafoe also beat Hubert Hurkacz in five sets in the second round.
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