With a very intense tennis, of great energy and practically without fissures, the American Frances Tiafoe beat the Spanish Rafael Nadal on Monday, who said goodbye in the round of 16 of the United States Open after falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3 in three hours and 34 minutes.
Nadal had gotten used to comebacks in this tournament, but this time the epic didn’t work in a close match, with few options to break serve and in which his rival was sharper at key moments.
24 years old and number 26 in the world, Tiafoe will face the Russian Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals, who occupies the 11th position in the world ATP and who beat the British Cameron Norrie for a triple 6-4 in two hours and 26 minutes. . EFE
