{"id":677220,"date":"2026-06-01T04:23:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T04:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/677220\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T04:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T04:23:47","slug":"svajda-scores-milestone-with-dad-in-his-heart-roland-garros-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/677220\/","title":{"rendered":"Svajda scores milestone with dad in his heart &#8211; Roland-Garros 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rolandgarros.com\/en-us\/players\/35361-f.tiafoe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Frances Tiafoe<\/a>, who also reached the fourth round on Saturday, was one of the first players to congratulate Svajda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe went through some emotional stuff and obviously today was his dad\u2019s birthday and he got it done. He\u2019s a great player and a great person,\u201d Tiafoe said. \u201cThat\u2019s massive, just super happy for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zvajda has done remarkably well in 2026, dealing with grief as he blossoms on the court, achieving success that brings him closer to his father.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He made his top-100 debut in February after winning a Challenger title in his hometown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though he has hardly any clay-court experience, he has used his new-found confidence to gain success on the terre battue. Svajda entered this year\u2019s draw with one career win at ATP level on clay, and he\u2019s already quadrupled that by reaching the round of 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m taking it all in for sure, but I know I can even go further if I believe in myself and play well,\u201d the San Diego native said. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to stay present \u2013 day by day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What would his dad tell him if he were in Paris?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time I step on the court, just enjoy it, and just believe in yourself, knowing that I can beat anyone on any given day, so I thought about that today on court \u2013 it\u2019s incredible,\u201d he said, eager to dive into the intense emotions that are swirling around him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frances Tiafoe, who also reached the fourth round on Saturday, was one of the first players to congratulate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-677220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}