That was reflected in his flat press conference, despite still offering his insight into how he conspired to lose to his compatriot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Offering his general overview on the match, he began: \u201cYeah, just passive, man. Missed a backhand cross at 6-5, 30-All that I just never miss. A long point, but still I\u2019m on the defence in that rally, and he hit a quality shot, played a great breaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen I felt like I was hanging for dear life, hanging for dear life, doubled it at 3-All, miss it, but still long games.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut ultimately, in that situation, just not aggressive enough. Look, he\u2019s a top player; I\u2019m a top player. The window of opportunity is very small.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t take it. I was very, very passive all of a sudden, which, you know, usually I rise to that occasion. You know, I helped him out, and then obviously he\u2019s such a good front-runner, won the first set, opened up his shoulders and played great.<\/p>\n
\u201cKind of unacceptable from my part. Hell of a match I thought tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Asked to expand on how he felt Ben Shelton\u2019s<\/a> aggression aided his win, Tiafoe continued: \u201cWell, the court\u2019s really fast. He was going for broke, damn near, I felt. He was hitting balls huge. Serving big first, second, a lot of forehands, driving it as hard as he could.<\/p>\n \u201cOn a fast court, it was very, very tough. I felt like I had to kind of dig a lot tonight. But yeah, I mean, he took it to me, and, you know, I didn\u2019t do the best job of adjusting.\u201d<\/p>\n Before this match, Tiafoe admitted he completely disagreed with what he\u2019d been hearing about himself<\/a>.<\/p>\n Frances Tiafoe\u2019s ranking could be set to take a huge drop<\/p>\n