Tennis, US Open: Frances Tiafoe sets up SF against Taylor Fritz; Aryna Sabalenka beats Qinwen Zheng
Fritz and Tiafoe ensured an American man will reach the final of a Grand Slam in singles for the first time since Andy Roddick at Wimbledon 2009.
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Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe ensured, on Tuesday night local time, that there will be an American competing in the final of a men’s singles Grand Slam for the first time since 2009, when the duo booked their spots in the second semi-final of the US Open.
The draw in the men’s section had opened up with the early losses of defending champion Novak Djokovic and 2022 winner Carlos Alcaraz. Daniil Medvedev remains the only former US Open champion left in the draw, but he faces top seed Jannik Sinner in the quarter-final on Wednesday.
On Tuesday however, Fritz and Tiafoe ensured an American man will reach the final of a Major in singles for the first time since Andy Roddick at Wimbledon 2009.
Both players, however, had to work hard to get their respective wins.
Fritz, seeded 12th, beat fourth seed Alexander Zverev 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in a match that lasted three hours and 26 minutes to progress to the last four stage of a Slam for the first time.
Later in the evening at the Arthur Ashe Stadium, Tiafoe progressed after Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov retired from the match after three hours and four minutes of play. Tiafoe, seeded 20, was leading 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3, 4-1...
