{"id":61673,"date":"2022-09-06T14:13:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T08:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/?post_type=web-story&#038;p=61673"},"modified":"2022-09-06T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T08:43:31","slug":"frances-tiafoe-beats-rafael-nadal","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/web-stories\/frances-tiafoe-beats-rafael-nadal\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances Tiafoe: Man Who Beat Rafael Nadal at US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html amp=\"\" lang=\"en\"><head><meta charSet=\"utf-8\"\/><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"\/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link 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name=\"web-stories-replace-head-end\"\/><\/head><body><amp-story standalone=\"\" publisher=\"The Next Tech\" publisher-logo-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.the-next-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/22163006\/tnt_logo.png\" title=\"Frances Tiafoe: Man Who Beat Rafael Nadal at US Open\" poster-portrait-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.the-next-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/06130845\/Cover-Image-17.jpg\"><amp-story-page id=\"36c01cd9-a612-4be5-a5e1-05a7fa4bcb7c\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-0536a075-b761-40b6-9c1b-9169079bb79c\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":200,\"duration\":2000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" 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style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.6688963210702341% 0.6688963210702341% 0.6688963210702341% 0.6688963210702341% \/ 1.7699115044247788% 1.7699115044247788% 1.7699115044247788% 1.7699115044247788%\" id=\"el-a4a2d0d9-0542-4124-823c-10549bb08bc8\">\n<h2 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:6.918060200668898% 0;font-family:&quot;Inknut Antiqua&quot;,serif;font-size:0.485437em;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"American_Frances_Tiafoe\"><\/span><span><span style=\"color: #fbeb50; text-transform: uppercase\">American Frances Tiafoe<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:14.07767%;top:79.44984%;width:73.30097%;height:18.60841%;opacity:1\">\n<div 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quarterfinals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"5afabaef-e736-4912-bff6-d3fe1f5c1b62\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#fff\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-08d48b6e-a5c1-4262-8a7f-ee82e7f4605c\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div 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