Before Frances Tiafoe makes a push for a deep run at the Miami Open presented by Itau, the American star chopped it up with rapper Pusha T at Hard Rock Stadium.
The pair met less than two years ago and have quickly become friends, catching up around the world.
“It's been really good to meet Frances. I think we met probably a year, maybe a year and a half ago in Paris,” Pusha T said. “From then it was a quick dinner. We have a mutual friend, [we had a] quick dinner. That has turned into us just communicating and following each other all around the country to these matches, campaigns with 2K, and just really [organically getting along], just out of a genuine love for tennis and being from the DMV area.”
Tiafoe has long expressed his pride for representing the DMV. He grew up playing in College Park, Maryland, where his father was a maintenance worker. That has helped build his relationship with Pusha T even more.
“Always loved the sport and that's how our mutual friend connected [us],” Pusha T said. “He was like, ‘Man, Pusha loves tennis. You from Maryland. He from Virginia. Y'all gotta link up, y'all both in Paris.’ So just from that initial meetup man, we've been just running around city to city, country to country.”
Tiafoe will begin the second ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the season against Australian Christopher O’Connell on Friday.
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