Frances Tiafoe heads into Friday’s all-American US Open 2024 semifinal towards Taylor Fritz insisting that no person is unbeatable anymore.
This yr’s US Open has seen 24-time Slam winner and four-time New York champion Novak Djokovic endure his earliest exit in 18 years.
Carlos Alcaraz, the 2022 champion and winner this yr on the French Open and Wimbledon, was additionally a first-week casualty.
5-time US Open champion Roger Federer is lengthy retired whereas Rafael Nadal, a four-time winner, is 38 and absent from this version, heading into the twilight of his profession.
“It was solely a matter of time, the sport is open. It’s not prefer it as soon as was the place you make quarter-finals, you play Rafa, and also you’re taking a look at flights,” stated Tiafoe.
“Now it’s simply completely completely different and nobody’s unbeatable, particularly later within the season the place guys are perhaps a bit bit cooked. Possibly simply not as recent and so they’re susceptible. It’s fairly thrilling,” he added.
Tiafoe, the twentieth seed, progressed to the semifinals on Tuesday after ninth-ranked Grigor Dimitrov suffered an damage within the third set of their quarter-final and give up within the fourth with the rating at 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 4-1.
Tiafoe additionally reached the final 4 in 2022 whereas Fritz booked a spot in his first Grand Slam semifinal by defeating 2020 runner-up and fourth-ranked Alexander Zverev 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3).
Andy Roddick was the final American man to win a Grand Slam title when he claimed the 2003 US Open.
He was additionally the final house participant to make a closing in New York when he was defeated by Federer within the 2006 championship match.
Friday’s semifinal would be the first all-American males’s singles last-four conflict since Andre Agassi defeated Robby Ginepri on the 2005 US Open.