Welcome to our Channel Francis Tao sets up US Open meeting with Taylor Fritz as American guaranteed in final Francis tefo and Taylor Fritz will meet in an All-American semi-final at the US Open on Friday Francis tefo and Taylor Fritz have made history by setting up an All-American semifinal at the US Open which means for the first time in nearly two decades an American will be in the men's singles final tifo the 20th seed Advanced to the final four in New York after his quarterfinal match against Gregor dimitrov ended abruptly due to dimitrov's injury the match saw TFO leading with a score line of 6 to3 7 to6 5 6-3 4 to1 as the clock neared midnight when an injured dimitrov had to retire this provided a rather disappointing conclusion to a battle that didn't quite hit the the Pinnacle of tennis Artistry after the match Tifa remarked it's not the way I want to get through but obviously happy to get through another semi-final here incredible in one instance of the less than Stellar performance from each player Tifa watched as dimitro missed three set points during a tiebreaker with consecutive double faults capped by tf's own double fault that gave away the set earlier on Tuesday in a more straightforward Victory Fritz earned his win and showcased a celebratory moment filled with raw emotion upon watching his opponent's forehand stray off course Fritz jubilantly discarded his racket and roared his Triumph with powerful exclaims of come on after collecting his gear he approached the net for an Embrace with no for Alexander verev a two-time grand slam runner up then positioned himself in the heart of Arthur Ash Stadium extended his arms and roared once more come on following years of ascending the ranks becoming the leading American male in tennis and nearing a breakthrough at one of his Sports four most prestigious events Fritz finally succeeded on H Turf defeating Z of 7-6 2 3-6 6 to4 7-6 3 to advance to a major semifinal for the first time Fritz the 12th seed and a 26-year-old Californian began the day with a 0 to4 record in Grand Slam quarterfinals he will now face longtime friend tyo a 26-year-old from Maryland on Friday it's the biggest match of me and Taylor's life we've known each other for so long I've been playing against him since 14 and under tournaments tafo said so to be able to play him here is going to be awesome I know we're two Americans but I I hope you're all with me come Friday the fritz Taio semifinal that could be crazy Fritz said before knowing who he'd face next marks the first between two American men at any major since 2005 when Andre gassi bested Robbie jany in New York no American man has claimed a grand slam singles title since Andy rodic's victory at the US Open in 2003 rodic was the last American man to reached the US Open final where he fell to Roger Federer in 2006 after the third set demitro received attention from a trainer before heading to the locker room for further treatment despite returning to the court for the start of the fourth set dimitrov's movement was clearly impaired and he eventually conceded the match the 33-year-old Bulgarian who has reached three major semi-finals did not disclose the ex exact nature of his issue postmatch attributing it to an accumulation of factors just a disappointing moment for me Demitri expressed I need to reassess a couple of things