Frances Tiafoe of the USA stuns Rafael Nadal in the fourth round of the US Open

Nadal cuts his nose during a US Open match 1:11 (CNN) — Twenty-two-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal was stunned in the fourth round of the US Open on Monday by American Frances Tiafoe in Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, New York. In a match that lasted over 3 hours and 30 minutes, the Maryland native defeated Nadal 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Frances Tiafoe, during his 2022 US Open Tennis round of 16 match against Spain’s Rafael Nadal. Tiafoe, 24, is the youngest American to make it this far at the US Open since Andy Roddick, then 24, was a finalist in 2006. “It was definitely a great performance,” he said after the match. “I played really good today. Yeah, I guess, I mean, I just went out there and thought I could do it. It helped me play against him a couple of times.” Earlier in the tournament, Tiafoe said that she was happy to lay low. After his victory on Monday, she expressed delight at what his victory against Nadal meant to his parents, who immigrated to the United States from Sierra Leone. “I just had a huge passion for the game. Not primarily for me, but to do it for them. To see them experience me beating Rafa Nadal, they’ve seen me have big wins, but beating those guys from Mount Rushmore, for them I can’t imagine what was going through their heads. “Yeah, I mean, they’re going to remember today for the rest of their lives.” Nadal, 36, recorded his first loss at a major this year and now he is 22-1 this season.The Spaniard won the Australian Open and French Open before withdrawing from Wimbledon in July ahead of his scheduled semifinal showdown with Aussie Nick Kyrgios.“The gap is easy,” he said. Nadal later: “I played a bad game and he played a good game. In the end that’s it, isn’t it?” Nadal said Tiafoe played more solidly than in previous matches between the two, served well, hit good backhands and was quick. “But I don’t think I put enough pressure on him to create the doubts I need to create,” he said. “Of course, he did things right. If not, he would not have won, without a doubt. Congrats to him.” Nadal said he needs to “fix things” and when he feels mentally ready to compete again, he will, but he is unsure of the schedule. Tiafoe will meet Russia’s Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The US Open men’s singles final is scheduled for Sunday.Tiafoe’s parents met in the United States, where they had twins Franklin and Frances.His father joined the Junior Tennis Champions Center as a day laborer in 1999 at College. working all day, her father was forced to move into an empty storage room at the tennis center, where his two children stayed with him, sleeping there, while their mother worked night shifts as a nurse.Tafloe chose tennis , being able to play downtown for free and fell in love with the sport.Tiafoe has previously said that although his family didn’t grow up rich, he wouldn’t change a thing.On Monday he told reporters: “For us to be around r of tennis was something like that something helped us to get out of our neighborhood. My dad could see us. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Once we got into the tennis game, it was like my dad was like, It would be awesome if you could use this as a full scholarship to school. I mean, we couldn’t afford college.” CNN’s Jill Martin contributed to this report.