There are victories that necessarily mark more than others in a career.
That against Rafael Nadal, Monday, in the round of 16 of the US Open, is obviously part of this category for Frances Tiafoe.
The American, 26th player in the world, played the match of his life on an incandescent Arthur-Ashe court, to finally offer himself the Spaniard in four sets (6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 ).
What make you dizzy once the match point has been won.
“I felt like the world had stopped spinning.
I didn't hear anything for a minute.
I don't even remember what I said to him as I shook his hand.
Everything was scrambled, explained the hero of the evening at a press conference.
I started to cry, I could barely see him, him like my team.
They were all up, it was crazy.
My heart was going 1000 an hour… I had never felt anything like this in my life.
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The moment that shocked the sports world.
The US Open Radio call from @FTiafoe's upset win over Rafa Nadal ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/iCpj1CqBVk
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 5, 2022
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Beating the man with 22 Grand Slam titles is a dream come true for the 24-year-old, who has also won the right to play a quarter-final in New York for the first time in his career.
“We see all these young people falling on Rafa, Fed, Novak.
I wondered if I too would one day have the opportunity to beat one.
And today, I told myself that I was going to do it.
Now I have something to tell my children, my grandchildren: I beat Rafa!
he exclaimed with a smile.
It is now the Russian Andrey Rublev who is waiting for him for a place in the last four.
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