After his French Open loss, what's next for Frances Tiafoe?

PARIS -- It will take some time for Frances Tiafoe to process what happened to him at the French Open on Monday night, to deal with the physical pain of almost 5½ hours on court and the mental anguish of letting slip a two sets to love and 4-1 lead before losing to Matteo Arnaldi of Italy.

The disappointment of being so close to reaching back-to-back Roland-Garros quarterfinals will doubtless linger. Usually one of the most comfortable players with the media, Tiafoe did not do the customary postmatch news conference after the Arnaldi match, which finished at nearly 1 a.m. But when the pain begins to subside, he will surely realize just how far he has come in the past year.