new york about 20 minutes after france's tiafa earned the first trip to the u.s open semi-finals wednesday by an american man since 2006 he met up in an arthur ashe stadium foyer with a host of friends washington wizards all-star guard bradley beal among them everyone traded hearty hugs and huge smiles tiafa shouted let's pose for a dope photo and they obliged as the nine-person line stood together someone yelled throw up a dub sodium and others formed a w as in when by joining thumbs and index fingers on both hands [Music] diato's girlfriend ran through the nearby double doors jumped into his arms gave him a kiss then wiped away a lipstick from his mouth most assuredly a showman and someone's driving for years for this sort of success on big stages diazo sure is enjoying the ride as are his pals his parents and the partisan fans who last celebrated a grand slam trophy for a man from the united states two decades ago [Music] diafo managed the tricky task of following up the biggest win of his career against 22-time grand slam champion rafael nadal in the fourth round with another milestone victory beating no 9 seed andre rublev 7-6 3 7-6 0 6-4 behind the balking of a boisterous crowd on wednesday i love to show the world what i can do said the 24 year old yaffo the no 22 seed at flushing meadows who became the first black american man to reach the u.s open semi-finals since arthur rash in 1972 i just want to go out there and try to give the crowd what they want and that's me giving the win andy roddick who was in the ash stands wednesday was the last u s man to get to the semi-finals in new york losing to roger federer in the title match to 16 years ago roddick also was the last man from the country to win any grand slam singles championship taking the 2003 u.s open