Rafael Nadal suffered shocking defeat against Frances Tiafoe in the US Open fourth round.

Tennis General

Rafael Nadal suffered shocking defeat against Frances Tiafoe in the US Open fourth round.

The 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal was stunned by 26th-ranked Tiafoe in the US Open fourth round in New York.

The 24-year old, Frances Tiafoe knocked out four-time US Open champion Rafael Nadal by 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the last-16 stage.

Wining the match in a sensational way, Tiafoe sealed his spot in the quarter-finals of US Open 2022. He will face No. 9 seed Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals.

Tiafoe advances to the quarterfinals of a major for just the second time in his career since the 2019 Australian Open.

In the women's singles category, French Open champion Iga Swiatek became the first Polish woman to reach the quarter-finals after defeating 108th-ranked German opponent Jule Niemeier by 2-6, 6-4, 6-0.