Tiafoe covered his face with his hands as he soaked up the cheers from the crowd at the packed Arthur Ashe Stadium after beating Nadal for the fifth time and pull off the biggest upset of the tournament.
“I don’t even know what to say right now, I’m more than happy, I’m almost crying”Tiafoe said in an interview on the track.
“I can’t believe it. It’s definitely one of my best matches of all time. I played amazing tennis today, but I really don’t know what happened.”he continued.
Though Tiafoe did indeed play sublime tennis, he also benefited from unusual poor serving and returns from Nadal. The Spaniard committed nine double faults and only 33 winners to Tiafoe’s 48..
With this victory, Tiafoe broke Nadal’s streak of 17 consecutive tournaments in which he reached at least the quarterfinals. The Spaniard had triumphed at the Australian and French Opens this year before he retired with an abdominal injury ahead of his Wimbledon semi-final.
Tiafoe will face Russian Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals.
Source: Ambito
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