Frances Tiafoe eliminates No. 9 seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets to reach his first-ever Grand Slam semifinal.
Absolute touch from Tiafoe!#USOpen pic.twitter.com/02BDWsfKkG
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 7, 2022
Frances Tiafoe becomes the first black American man to reach a US Open semifinal since Arthur Ashe in 1972.He did it on the court named after Ashe.
7-0!!@FTiafoe takes the tiebreak without dropping a point. pic.twitter.com/bYRoE7TV9k
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 7, 2022
Frances Tiafoe ends a 16-year semifinal drought for American men at the US Open .
Frances Tiafoe is in a dancing mood! #USOpen pic.twitter.com/ehrVjE4Iqb
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 7, 2022
The Maryland native sent Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd into a frenzy throughout his 7-6(3), 7-6(0), 6-4 victory over No. 9 seed Andrey Rublev to ensure that the US Open men’s semifinals will have some American flavor to it for the first time in 16 years. Not since former US Open champion Andy Roddick has an American man reached the semifinals of the year’s final major, back in 2006, and Tiafoe’s victory also puts an American man into the final four of any major since John Isner’s run to the Wimbledon semifinals in 2018.
.@FTiafoe isn't done.
He knows how many matches are left to win #USOpen title. pic.twitter.com/3ICd3qcXLt
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 7, 2022
“This is wild. This is crazy. Having the biggest win in my life 24 hours ago [then] come back and back it up,” Tiafoe said during his on-court interview. “It’s huge growth.”
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