'He has a perfect game' - Mats Wilander, Alex Corretja laud Frances Tiafoe after Rafael Nadal win at US Open

06.09.2022 - 03:51 eurosport.com

Mats Wilander and Alex Corretja were both in awe of an “unbelievable” performance from Frances Tiafoe as he beat Rafael Nadal to reach the US Open quarter-finals.

Tiafoe, the 22nd seed in New York, hit 49 winners in a hugely impressive victory over 22-time Grand Slam champion Nadal. Ad It was Tiafoe’s first win over Nadal in three attempts and he is into his first major quarter-final, where he will play ninth seed Andrey Rublev.

US Open'I need to fix things' — Nadal hints at break after shock Tiafoe lossAN HOUR AGO “Unbelievably smart first of all,” said Eurosport expert Wilander on Tiafoe. “He is so physical and strong and he serves better than ever before so he gets a lot of free points.

The backhand, I thought he wasn’t going to hit as hard as he needed to, and he did. He stepped into it, took it early, went cross court hard, down the line, he came to the net as well, so the variety of tactics was brilliant. “He is so quick on the court and then he was committed to his tactics from the first point to the last point.

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