Taylor Fritz completed a stirring comeback to defeat Francis TFO in the All-American semi-final to advance to face janx siner in the US Open final before the semi-finals on Friday no American had reached the man angles final at the US Open since 2006 but Fritz sended that drought in New York with fans inside Arthur Ash Stadium split between the pair of Home favorites difo and frit stepped out onto Court mid an electric atmosphere The Clash lived up to the billing as Fritz's dominant serve was mat by diao's expert ability to counter an opponent's power in his favor Fritz who defeated Mateo brotini Casper Roode and Alexander's verev to post his best Grand Slam result in his career enjoyed a fine start he held serve in the first game before exploding TFO errors to snatch the first break of the semi but difo hit back after sanking to 30-0 down the 26-year-old held in his break back with ER is creeping into Fritz's game before collecting a second one of five successive game wins as he rallied back from the slow start as he took the first set 64 the second set saw both men step up their respective service games TFO saved a set point down 54 before holding serve but Fritz came back in the world number 20's next service game to break the break came 865 monaa was serving to stay alive in the second prit draas ically improved his serve in the second set winning his last 23 points on serve he almost had 14 winners compared to just three unforced Terrors as he tied the match while tifo faltered the third set began with TFO breaking Fritz who lost more points on serve in that game than in the entire second set it proved to be the only break he needed difo held serve throughout taking the third 6'4 in 40 minutes while his first serve percentage dropped to 30 9% in the third set TFO lost just one first serve point and four second serve points he expressed the confidence in his game that continued into the fourth both difo and Fritz exchanged games with the American dual holding their respective serves Fritz held to lead 43 in a game which featured an epic 31 shot rally as the match became more physical after another trade of holds Fritz clenched the key fifth game and forced the fifth set by dramatically breaking to afo whose first serve percentage continued to decline thefo appeared fatigued in the fifth set and his game unravelled Fritz who was broken just once across the final two sets needed just seven games to pull off the comeback wi breaking TFO three times in the fifth to capture the All-American semi-final now America dreams of a first home man singles Champion since Sandy rodic in 2003 Fritz will face center for the US Open title in the men singles final on Sunday September