How to watch Frances Tiafoe at U.S. Open

FILE - Frances Tiafoe serves against Serbia's Filip Krajinovic during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Monday, May 29, 2023. Tiafoe is one of the men to watch at the U.S. Open, which begins at Flushing Meadows on Aug. 28.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)AP

Frances Tiafoe is ranked the No.10 men’s tennis player in the world.

The U.S. Open, a grand slam tennis tournament which features some of the greatest tennis players in the world begins on Monday, August 28, 2023 (8/28/23) with the first round of the competition at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York.

Fans who want to watch Tiafoe’s first round singles match vs. Learner Tien can do so for free via DirecTV Stream or fuboTV –– both of which carry ESPN. The match will be played at 1:15 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Here’s what you need to know:

What: 2023 US Open, first round

Who: Frances Tiafoe vs. Learner Tien

When: Monday, August 28, 2023

Where: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

Time: 1:15 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN

Live stream: (DirecTV Stream, free trial) (fuboTV, free trial), Sling TV (50% off the first month)

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Here’s a story on the U.S. Open, via the associated press

NEW YORK (AP) — The season’s last Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open, gets started on Monday with some of the biggest names in tennis — about a year after two even bigger names walked awayfrom the sport.

The Day 1 schedule includes Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff on the women’s side, and Novak Djokovic and Frances Tiafoe on the men’s. And many more, of course.

No one carries quite the star power of Serena Williams, whose last event was the 2022 U.S. Open, or Roger Federer, who announced his retirement shortly afterward.

The No. 1-ranked Swiatek, a 22-year-old from Poland, won the championship in Arthur Ashe Stadium a year ago and she will be back in that arena to begin the 2023 edition of the event against Rebecca Peterson of Sweden on Monday.

That will be followed by Tiafoe, a 25-year-old from Maryland, against Learner Tien, a 17-year-old from California. Tiafoe reached his first major semifinal at last year’s U.S. Open.

The night session in Ashe will be led off by Gauff, a 19-year-old from Florida, against Laura Siegemund of Germany, who won the women’s doubles title in New York three years ago. Gauff was the runner-up at the French Open in singles — losing to Swiatek — and doubles in 2022.

Wrapping things up in the main stadium will be 23-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic against Alexandre Muller of France, who is making his U.S. Open debut. It marks a return to the event for Djokovic, who missed it last year because he couldn’t travel to the United States as a foreigner who is not vaccinated against COVID-19. That rule has been dropped.

The first round is played over Monday and Tuesday. The tournament lasts two weeks and wraps up with the women’s singles final on Sept. 9, and the men’s singles final on Sept. 10.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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