for the first time in almost 20 years two American men will play each other in a grand slam semifinal in case you missed it Taylor Fritz won his quarterfinal match against Alexander verev in four sets on Tuesday afternoon and Francis TFO won his match against Gregor demitro in four sets though it was a retirement but when Gregor demitro retired Francis was leading the match two sets to one and he had a 4-1 lead in the fourth set this is a major moment for both Francis and Taylor this is francis's second US Open semi-final and this is the first time that Taylor Fritz has ever made a semi-final at any Grand Slam ever this also ensures that at least one of these American men will make the US Open final on Sunday becoming the first American man since 2009 to make a grand slam final and as if that wasn't enough pressure no American man has won a grand slam since 2003 over 20 years and one of these guys is going to get the chance to do just that