Frances Tiafoe’s vision was blurry from the tears. He was thrilled — overwhelmed, even — when the last point was over and it hit him that, yes, he had ended Rafael Nadal’s 22-match Grand Slam winning streak and reached the US Open quarterfinals for the first time. “I felt like the world stopped,” Tiafoe said. “I couldn’t hear anything for a minute.” Then Tiafoe found himself “losing it in the locker room” when he saw that NBA superstar LeBron James gave him a Twitter shout-out. What meant the most to Tiafoe about his 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3 victory over 22-time Major champion Nadal in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows, though, was looking up in his Arthur Ashe Stadium guest box and knowing his parents, Constant and Alphina, were there. “To see them experience me beat Rafa Nadal — they’ve seen me have big wins, but to beat those Mount Rushmore’ guys? For them, I can’t imagine what was going through their heads,” said Tiafoe, a 24-year-old American. “I mean, they’re going to remember this the rest of their lives.”

                Source: Agencies