Hyattsville’s hometown prodigy—24-year-old Frances Tiafoe—has been rising in the ranks of men’s tennis, becoming one of the best players to come out of the DC region. 🎾
When Frances and his twin brother, Franklin, were one year old, their father Frances Sr. joined a construction crew building the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park in 1999. After impressing the center’s founder with his work ethic, Frances Sr. then became the tennis complex’s maintenance man and was given a spare 10-by-14-foot room at the complex to sleep in between his long working hours.
For many nights of the week, his two sons stayed with him in that room too. Although an unusual living arrangement, it gave the younger Frances unparalleled access to the sport. By the age of 5, he was enrolled, free of charge, in the center’s clinic for young children, according to a 2012
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