Maryland native tennis star Frances Tiafoe advances at Wimbledon, nudges Travis Scott

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Frances Tiafoe is still waiting on his sneakers from Travis Scott.

The Maryland native, who advanced to the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday, playfully nudged the rapper to send him a pair of his new Nike sneakers.

"His manager keeps saying, 'Yeah, it's coming, yeah, it's coming,'" the 25-year-old Tiafoe said, noting that Scott is performing on Saturday in London. "Yeah, no, this is all good fun. It's just funny. Yeah, I'm excited. That's definitely my guy. It's cool that he's out here."

The 10th-seeded Tiafoe had noticed top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz wearing a pair at practice during the Queen's Club Championships, a Wimbledon warmup event.

Tiafoe beat Dominic Stricker 7-6 (11), 6-4, 6-2 and next faces 21st-seeded Grigor Dimitrov.