Tiafoe: Arthur Ashe could have become President

Could Arthur Ashe have eventually become the U.S. President? Frances Tiafoe thinks so.

After receiving the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award in January for using his platform to advocate for change, Tiafoe penned a moving first-person letter to the late tennis legend. In it, he wrote, “I wasn’t lucky enough to be around when you were doing your thing, but I know you were so much bigger than tennis. Honestly, you could have been the President!”

Following his fourth-round loss to Daniil Medvedev in Miami on Tuesday, Tiafoe was asked about the letter in his post-match press conference.

“He was just so influential that, I mean, from obviously what he did with Apartheid and everything like that, going to South Africa and things like that,” the 23-year-old answered. “I mean, he was just so big.

“You know, pretty much what I meant by saying you didn't know Arthur Ashe because he played tennis. It was so much bigger than that. Just as the same as LeBron James. You don't know him just because he plays basketball. So many things he does off the floor. That's what it's kind of about.”

It's hard to argue with that the three-time Grand Slam champion’s humanitarian efforts weren't just as significant, if not more so, as his on-court pursuits.

President Arthur Ashe, there’s a ring to it.