for 25-year-old francis tiafoe, now one of the top 10 players in the world, those were lessons learnedarly both on and off the court. i caught up as part of the arts and culture series. >> frances tiafoe, >> good. >>'s trademark smile is charming and disarming. >> in battle it propels him to the world's top 10 and a place in tennis history. >> hi-fi expectations. >> they soared after last year's u.s. open. in the round of 16, he took down the number two seed rafael nadal. then, in the quarterfinals, andrey rublev in straight sets. making him the first to make it to the semifinals since andy roddick 2006, the first black american man since arthur ashe and this spring he became only the third black american man in history to blake -- break into the top 10. this year, the world is expecting big things. >> i want to approach it in anher year. i want to make it a big ordeal. >> everyone describes it is happy. , friends, myself. the whole area. i want to continue to make everyone proud. >> tiafoe knows where he comes from. the frame is often draped in hometown jerseys. probably from the dist

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