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Frances Tiafoe plays against students and children at the Dallas Open hosted on the SMU campus.

Tiafoe Fund hosts Dallas Open tennis clinic

Ashley Santiago, Staff Writer | March 3, 2024
American tennis star Frances Tiafoe held the first activation of his fund partnership with the USTA Feb. 6. The 26-year-old often referred to as “Big Foe” on the court, partnered with the USTA last July to create the Frances Tiafoe Fund. The partnership is designed to help youth from under-resourced backgrounds get into the sport of tennis and support their education. Tiafoe was born to immigrant parents from Sierra Leone. His family immigrated to the United States to escape civil war. Having grown up in...
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