Tiafoe takes on Nadal hoping to keep dream alive


  • Tennis
  • Monday, 21 Jan 2019

Tennis - Australian Open - Fourth Round - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, January 20, 2019. Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. and Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov greet each other after the match. REUTERS/Edgar Su

(Reuters) - Having already changed the lives of his immigrant parents, Frances Tiafoe is hopeful to build on his own stature in the game as he prepares for an Australian Open quarter-final clash with Rafa Nadal on Tuesday.

American Tiafoe, the son of immigrants from Sierra Leone, recalled his humble beginnings after stunning Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday to reach the last eight at a major for the first time in his career.

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