Ayan Broomfield, the Tiafoe girlfriend, returned to the U.S. Open with her Ayan’s Aces initiative and brought eight named guests with her. The outing turned a tennis appearance into a curated social and fashion event, with Danielle Brooks, Precious Lee, Ziwe, Mariah the Scientist, Yung Miami, Sherri Shepherd, Kayla Nicole and Achieng Agutu in the group.
Ayan’s Aces at the U.S. Open
Ayan’s Aces is Broomfield’s way of creating more opportunities and awareness for Black women around tennis, entrepreneurship, collaboration, sports and more. She also collaborated with Cadillac, which places the appearance inside a broader branded effort rather than a one-off photo moment. For readers, the useful takeaway is simple: the initiative is not just about showing up at the U.S. Open, but about using the tournament as a platform for access and visibility.
Danielle Brooks gave the outing its clearest framing when she posted on Instagram, “A collective of Black Women watching a Black Woman dominate is so much fun.” She has attended the U.S. Open since 2015, which makes her presence less like a novelty and more like a recurring part of the event’s social calendar.
Brooks, Lee and Shepherd
Brooks wore gray Louis Vuitton separates with a pleated mini, black boots and a monogram bag, while Broomfield chose a navy tennis-inspired mini with red-and-white trim, a tie and knee-high socks. Sherri Shepherd wore a two-piece Naked Wardrobe suit with an oversized green, black and white houndstooth pattern, and Yung Miami wore Loewe in a fitted color-block dress. The pictures gave serious Black girl magic, but they also show how much the U.S. Open now functions as a fashion-stage crossover as much as a sports outing.
That shift matters because the tennis is no longer the only product on display. Ayan Broomfield’s group made the public-facing side of the tournament feel like its own event, with Black women, fashion labels and a branded initiative all in one frame. For anyone following Broomfield’s work, the next question is what specific events or programming Ayan’s Aces will attach to that visibility the next time it returns to the U.S. Open.
