US Open
Fritz & Tiafoe make American historical past at US Open
Each males one win from first main closing
September 04, 2024
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Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe will meet within the US Open semi-finals on Friday.
By ATP Employees
There might be an all-American males’s semi-final at a Grand Slam event for the primary time because the 2005 US Open.
Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe will meet within the final 4 on the US Open on Friday, guaranteeing that one of many house stars will develop into a first-time main finalist. The winner will develop into the primary American man to make a Slam singles closing since 2009 Wimbledon (Andy Roddick, l. to Federer).
All-American Grand Slam Males’s Singles SF or F (since 2000)
Event
Spherical
Outcome
2005 US Open
SF
Andre Agassi d. Robby Ginepri 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
2002 US Open
F
Pete Sampras d. Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
2000 Australian Open
SF
Andre Agassi d. Pete Sampras 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(0), 7-6(5), 6-1
Fritz defeated fourth seed Alexander Zverev 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) in Tuesday’s first quarter-final earlier than Tiafoe set a showdown in opposition to his countryman. He led Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3, 4-1 when the ninth seed retired.
The final time there was an all-American males’s semi-final at a serious, 19 years in the past at Flushing Meadows, Andre Agassi defeated Robby Ginepri 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
There have solely been two different all-American males’s Slam semi-finals this millennium. Pete Sampras beat Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 within the 2002 US Open closing and Agassi clawed previous Sampras 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(0), 7-6(5), 6-1 within the 2000 Australian Open semi-finals.
The winner between Fritz and Tiafoe will play in Sunday’s closing in an try and develop into the primary American man to win a serious singles title since Andy Roddick lifted the 2003 US Open trophy.
Fritz leads Tiafoe 6-1 within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence. They most just lately clashed final 12 months in Acapulco, the place Fritz was victorious 6-3, 6-4.
