Frances Tiafoe Knocks Out Rafael Nadal in US Open 2022

Frances Tiafoe Knocks Out Rafael Nadal from US Open 2022

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American Frances Tiafoe defeated four-time champion Rafael Nadal 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Monday

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24 year old Frances Tiafoe has now reached his second Grand Slam quarter-final.

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He also became the youngest from his country to enter the quarterfinals at the US Open since Roddick 18 years back.

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Tiafoe became the third American to beat Nadal at a Grand Slam after Andy Roddick in 2004 and James Blake in 2005

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Nadal's dream of winning fifth title in New York and a record-extending 23rd Grand Slam this season come to end with the loss

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Tiafoe, 24, was born in Maryland to parents from Sierra Leon

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He took up tennis while his father worked as a custodian at Junior Tennis Champions Center in suburban Washington DC

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Tiafoe will next face ninth seed Andrey Rublev

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Andrey Rublev defeated Briton Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Louis Armstrong Stadium

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