Frances Tiafoe Puts Andy Murray In 'Big 3 Funny Guys' | Wimbledon

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WATCH: Frances Tiafoe puts Andy Murray In 'Big 3 Funny Guys' | Wimbledon

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

The American tennis player, 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.

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"I'm in the video, and I ain't got no f*ing shoes, man," Tiafoe joked at Queen's Club. "That bothers me, man. I don't know. We gonna have to fix that. I'm definitely gonna remind him, for sure!"

The sneakers in question are Nike's reissued 1984 Mac Attack, which were recently unveiled in a collaboration between John McEnroe and Travis Scott. The Swoosh searched deep in its archives to give McEnroe's 1984 signature sneakers its first ever retro release.

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

Stephanie Livaudais contributed to this reporting.