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Tennis Star Frances Tiafoe's Girlfriend Ayan Addresses Racist Treatment

Tennis star Frances Tiafoe’s girlfriend, Ayan Broomfield, is shining a light on racism on and off the court. “A lot of the times when the [Ayan’s Aces] girls come, I do kind of give them a bit of a warning that they might get some weird stares and stuff. … It shouldn’t be jarring, but sometimes I think it is jarring to see 20 women of color walking through a tennis tournament,” Broomfield, 28, said in a Monday, May 18, interview with Hard Court, referring to her eponymous nonprofit organization. “Sometimes we’re asked like, ‘Are you part of the Real Housewives? Are you shooting a music video?’...