Frances Tiafoe’s girlfriend, Ayan Broomfield, was surprised after the American upset 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal within the fourth spherical of the U.S. Open on Monday.
Broomfield — who's a Canadian tennis participant and UCLA alum — took to her Instagram story to share that she was “speechless” after Tiafoe defeated Nadal 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a thriller that lasted greater than three hours and half-hour.
It was the primary time the Spaniard Nadal, 36, misplaced to an American at a significant in 17 years, when he was crushed by James Blake on the U.S. Open in 2005.
Broomfield was seen on the printed quite a few instances as she watched nervously as Tiafoe took on the world No. 3 participant.
Broomfield, who sported a inexperienced Yankees hat, sat close to Tiafoe’s favourite NBA participant, Bradley Beal of the Washington Wizards. Tiafoe is a Maryland native.
“I felt the world had stopped,’’ Tiafoe mentioned after the match. “I’m past blissful — virtually in tears.
“He’s positively one of many biggest of all time. I performed unbelievable tennis at this time. I don’t know what occurred.”
Tiafoe and Broomfield first met by their mutual good friend, fellow tennis participant Vickie Duval, in keeping with Primarily Sports activities. Tiafoe reportedly made the primary transfer and slide into Broomfield’s Instagram DMs through the U.S. Open in 2015.
The 24-year-old, Tiafoe is the youngest American male to get this far within the US Open since a then-24-year-old Andy Roddick was a finalist in 2006.
Tiafoe will face Andrey Rublev of Russia in a quarterfinal on Wednesday.
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