Tiafoe Expects Tough Clash Against Fritz In US Open Semi-final
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Frances Tiafoe is expecting a tough encounter against fellow American, Taylor Fritz in the semi-final of the 2024 U.S. Open on Friday.
This year’s US Open has seen 24-time Slam winner and four-time New York champion Novak Djokovic suffer his earliest exit in 18 years.
Carlos Alcaraz, the 2022 champion and winner this year at the French Open and Wimbledon also crashed out in the first round.
Tiafoe confessed that the game is more open now and nobody is unbeatable.
He said, “It was only a matter of time, The game is open. It’s not like it once was where you make the quarterfinals, you play Rafa, and you’re looking at flights,
“Now it’s just totally different, and no one’s unbeatable, especially later in the season where guys are maybe a little bit cooked.
“Maybe just not as fresh and they’re vulnerable. It’s pretty exciting.”
Tiafoe booked a semi-final place after earning a 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 4-1 win over Grigor Dimitrov.
He also reached the last four in 2022 while Fritz booked a place in his first Grand Slam semi-final 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 last American man to win a Grand Slam title when he claimed the 2003 US Open.
The encounter will be the first all-American men’s singles last-four clash since Andre Agassi defeated Robby Ginepri at the 2005 US Open.
