Frances Tiafoe Jamie Squire/Getty Photographs
Simply days after rubbing shoulders with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, American tennis star Frances Tiafoe’s checking account took a significant hit.
Tiafoe, 26, was levied with a $120k advantageous on Thursday, November 15 for his vulgar beratement of a chair umpire on the ATP Shanghai Masters occasion on October 8. After being hit with a time violation at an important second in his match in opposition to Roman Safiullin, Tiafoe unloaded on umpire Jimmy Pinoargote.
“F— you, man! F— you! Severely, man. F— you!” Tiafoe screamed. “You f—ed me out of the f—ing match! You f—ed the match up! Nice f—ing job! F— you! Three f—ing hours I’m f—ing out right here battling. Just for my livelihood.”
The Affiliation of Tennis Professionals had the choice to droop Tiafoe, however determined in opposition to it.
The announcement of the advantageous got here simply 4 days after Tiafoe and girlfriend Ayan Broomfield have been pictured with Swift, 34, and Kelce, 35, at Kansas Metropolis’s Arrowhead Stadium following the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ dramatic 16-14 victory over the Denver Broncos on Sunday, November 10.
Frances Tiafoe, Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, and of Ayan Broomfield. Courtesy of Ayan Broomfield and Frances Tiafoe/Instagram
“Chiefsss,” Broomfield, 27, captioned an image of the foursome shared by way of Instagram on Monday, November 11. Within the image, taken by Swift, the pop star might be seen giving duck lips to the digital camera whereas Kelce stands behind the group flashing a peace signal.
Tiafoe and Broomfield have been additionally pictured with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his spouse, Brittany Mahomes, after the sport.
Hours after his controversial on-court tirade final month, Tiafoe issued a mea culpa on social media.
“I actually apologize for the best way I acted,” Tiafoe wrote by way of his Instagram Story. “That’s not who I’m and never how I wish to deal with individuals. I let my frustration within the warmth of the second get the perfect of me and I’m extraordinarily dissatisfied with how I dealt with the state of affairs.”
He continued, “That’s not acceptable habits and I wish to apologize to the umpire, the event and the followers.”
Sarah Stier/Getty Photographs Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are serving up plenty of love on the US Open. Swift and Kelce, each 34, stepped out on the tennis event, held in Queens, New York Metropolis, on Sunday, September 8, rocking patriotic ensembles. They watched the boys’s single ultimate between Taylor Fritz and Jannik Sinner. Swift […]
At the moment the No. 18 ranked males’s tennis participant on the planet, Tiafoe made it to the semifinals of the US Open in September, the place he misplaced to fellow American Taylor Fritz in 5 units.
“I felt like my physique shut down on me,” Tiafoe stated after the match. “I obtained forward of myself.”
Tiafoe held a two sets-to-one lead over Fritz within the best-of-five set match, however ultimately ran out of steam. He dropped the ultimate and deciding set 6-1, throughout which Tiafoe struggled to maneuver across the courtroom.
“Generally it’s not meant to be,” he stated.