PARIS, France — Before Frances Tiafoe played a point at this French Open , he wasn't particularly enthusiastic about its surface — or his chances in the tournament.

“Last tournament on clay, which I get really excited about,” Tiafoe said on the eve of the Grand Slam event at Roland-Garros. “And then we get on the real stuff, the grass and the summer hard courts — where tennis actually matters.”

Might have a different point of view now.

The 15th-seeded Tiafoe made his way into the quarterfinals at the French Open for the first time with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory over Daniel Altmaier of Germany on Sunday night, joining 12th-seeded Tommy Paul to put a pair of American men in the round of eight.

It's the first time the country placed more than one man in the quarterfinals in Pari

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