Frances Tiafoe Taylor Fritz Advance To Set Up All American Semifinal At Us Open

Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz Advance to U.S. Open Semifinals

Tiafoe Upsets Rublev

Frances Tiafoe upset Russian Andrey Rublev in five sets to advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.

Tiafoe won 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal.

The 24-year-old American is the first Black player to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since Arthur Ashe in 1972.

Fritz Beats Auger-Aliassime

Taylor Fritz defeated Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in four sets to advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Open.

Fritz won 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 6-4 to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal.

The 24-year-old American is the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since Andy Roddick in 2003.

Tiafoe vs. Fritz in All-American Semifinal

Tiafoe and Fritz will face off in an all-American semifinal on Friday.

The winner will advance to the final and face either No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev or No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz.