by Between the combined efforts of Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz, an American will participate in the final of a Grand Slam for the first time since 2009.
Tiafoe and Fritz both took care of the business on Tuesday, the first leafing n ° 9 Grigor Dimitrov and the last in upheaval Alexander Zverev. Their victories have set up an American semi-final and the first time since 2005, two American men will appear in the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows.
No American has participated in a Grand Slam final since the epic defeat of Andy Roddick against Roger Federer in Wimbledon in 2009.
Frances Tiafoe remains hot against Grigor Dimitrov
Playing the last match of the night, Tiafoe spent more night with a clear advantage over the veteran Dimitrov, apart from a sloppy tennis to finish the second set. He won 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 4-1, with Dimitrov retired due to an injury to the hamstrings.
The big problem for Dimitrov was a second anemic service. He lost 37 of the 59 points and committed 11 double defects with a predictable offer on which Tiafoe, a powerful player, enjoyed.
Dimitrov’s state has worsened over the match. He asked for medical care after the third set and finally retired with Tiafoe a break in fourth.
It will be Tiafoe’s second trip to the Grand Slam semi-finals after arriving at the US Open in 2022. He will have to beat a good friend and a double past partner to reach the final.
Taylor Fritz won his upheaval against Alexander Zverev
Fritz won an equality break in the first set, then rebounded after a defeat in the second set for a 7-6 victory (2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) during the second final match of the day.
Fritz’s victory over Zverev was closely challenged from the start, because none of the players have produced a break in the first set. Fritz had the chance to break for the set, but Zverev fought with three break points to equalize the 6-6 set. Fritz won the equality break, preparing the field for the upset victory.
Zverev responded with the first break from the match to take a 5-3 lead in the second, then won the set on his service. The players exchanged breaks in the third set before Fritz guarantees the whole on the service of Zverev. As in the first set, Zverev rallied from Triple Set Point to equalize the decisive match. But Fritz won his fifth point to take a 2-1 advance in the match.
The players then exchanged breaks in fourth to set up another equality break. This time, Fritz prevailed 7-3 to win the set and the match.
“I have taken a look at the quarter -finals in the past two years,” Fritz told ESPN after the match. “Today was just different. I really felt like it was my time to go further.”
Fritz switches to a Grand Slam semi-final for the first time in his career. The seeded n ° 1 Jannik Sinner is the favorite to advance the other half of the support.
On the female side, the seeded n ° 13 Emma Navarro joined a deficit of 5-1 in the second set on Tuesday for a victory in direct sets on the head of series n ° 26 Paula Badosa, also going to the first Semi-final of the Grand Chelem of his career.
Navarro will play the winner of the Tuesday evening match between the seeded n ° 7 Zheng Qinwen (China) and the seeded n ° 2 Aryna Sabalenka (Bélarus) in the semi-finals. N ° 6 Jessica Pegula will face the seeded n ° 1 and the champion of the United States in 2022, Iga świątek (Poland) Wednesday in the quarter-finals.
