Frances Tiafoe ’s last few months have been a grind. Once flying high at No.10 in 2023, the American now sits at No.28 after a run of early exits, capped by a first-round stumble at the Shanghai Masters this week. Still, he’s not sulking. Two weeks after his third-round US Open loss to Jan-Lennard Struff, he posted a slick New York montage on Instagram with the line from Nipsey Hussle: “A man worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.”

Tiafoe’s 2025 has been a rollercoaster. Now, chatter is swirling about whether he’s ended his season early, though nothing’s confirmed. He’s already looking ahead, talking about becoming a “different version [next year]” and eyeing December’s exhibition with Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu as a fresh start. The 2026 rebuild seems planned—ATP 25

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