[Music] US Open men's semi-finals Taylor Fritz
defeats Francis tafo will face janx siner in final the 2024 US Open men's and women's singles
tournaments have produced some surprises at the end with new names making deep runs to get to the
semi-finals in the women's draw Jessica pegula making her first Grand Slam final appearance will
take on AR sabna for the title on Saturday and the men's tournament will have an American player also
making their first major final Taylor Fritz won a five- set endurance match over Francis tafo in the
first US Open semi-final between American players since 2005 after a match that went back and forth
with both players trading serves and long rallies throughout Fritz finally broke tafo serve to win
the fourth set and it appeared as if he ultim Ely wore tafo down winning the fifth set in decisive
fashion Fritz finished 4-6 7 to5 4-6 6-4 6 to1 to advance to the US Open and will face janx siner in
Sunday's final tafo shook off early Jitters that resulted in several mistakes against Fritz however
he calmed himself down and began asserting himself with powerful forehand and extended rallies
that sent Fritz all over the court to defend eventually tafo red to win a first set that
initially looked lost the second set was much more of a back and fourth affair with neither
player able to break the others serve Fritz in particular had more difficulty returning tfo's
serve but Fritz eventually recovered and wore tafo down sending him side to side across the
court and showing a strong forehand though tafo forced the set to 5 to5 Fritz won n of 10 points
to prevent a tiebreaker and win the second set in the third set Fritz attempted to change up his
approach by playing more aggressively at the net rather than staying back yet he couldn't break
tfo's serve often getting jammed up when trying to return as Fritz tried to stand his ground tafo
countered with crosscourt forehands that couldn't be caught however Fritz came right back and held
to begin the fourth set abandoning play at the net he took the game to tafo with powerful serves and
long rallies but as Fritz went ahead tafo red to even the set Fritz finally forced a fifth set by
breaking tfo's serve the men's semels on Friday began with number one janx CER beating number 25
Jack Draper in straight set 7 to5 7-6 3 6-2 but it was by no means as easy as the score implies
the match was played in scorching New York York City Heat with both players fighting off fatigue
Draper had the worst of it sweating through his first two shirts and appearing to vomit twice
during a gruelling second set that set wound up lasting an hour and 29 minutes the second longest
of the entire tournament not helping was the fact that both men played their quarterfinal
matches just a day earlier cner displayed the form you'd expect from a top seed even after
appearing to hurt his wrist during the second set his serve was fantastic winning 76% of points off
it and he won more than his share of entertaining points against the 22-year-old dra CER advances
to his first US Open final having already won his first Grand Slam this year at the Australian Open
he figures to be favored on Sunday against Fritz the first American in the final since 2006 and the
first to advance to a grand slam final since 2009 here's how Friday's action went down at the USA
Billy Jean King national tennis center in the 2024 Us open after Fritz broke tafo to win the fourth
set tafo didn't appear to have much left for the fifth he looked tired and frustrated while Fritz
appeared to gain strength and confidence Fritz will face janx siner in Sunday's final scheduled
for 2 p.m. ET with the crowd trying to lift him tafo fights back to to break Fritz's serve and
finally win a game Fritz has been rolling so it may not be enough but it's a break and might give
tafo the refresher he needs to climb back into a set that he looked like he would lose badly tafo
isn't serving as well in this fifth set and Fritz is capitalizing he looks like he's trying to
gain back some control but Fritz isn't yielding and tafo is showing his frustration throwing his
racket toward his seat Taylor Fritz might finally be taking control of this match in the fifth set
he began by holding serve then broke Francis tafo to go up two to zero tafo looks as if he's getting
tired which would be understandable as Fritz is setting the pace and moving him all over the court
Fritz breaks tfo's serve and this match is going to a fifth set Fritz wins the fourth 6 to4 this
one seemed destined for five sets from the start and it is not disappointing Fritz has seemingly
abandoned trying to play the net as hard trying instead to force the action at Tao with hard
drives from the Baseline it appears to be working as he goes up 5 to four in the set with tafo now
serving this is a different kind of endurance match than the earlier semi-final when humidity
bogg janx Sinner and Jack Draper down Francis tafo and Taylor Fritz are going Toe to Toe Fritz
however goes in front 4 to3 after t pushed back to make it 3 to3 this match is beginning to look
like it's headed toward a fifth set Fritz once again held serve matching tafo on nearly every
return he's not going away in this fourth set nor should tafo expect him to Fritz isn't backing
down to begin the fourth set he's won four points with his first four serves that might be how he
regains control of the match from tafo the two had one of the best exchanges of the match going back
and forth on several returns before Fritz finally won the point for a two to1 lead Fritz holds serve
to get within 5 to four but tafo wins Set Point again backing Fritz up with his serve whether
he's tiring out or just can't regain control of the pace tafo appears to be gaining control of the
match as it heads to the fourth set tafo serve is frequently jamming Fritz up so he can't return
it Fritz hasn't been able to catch up to tfo's crosscourt forehand either tafo takes a 5 to3
lead as Fritz goes to serve rather than staying back as he did especially in the first set Fritz
is playing the net more aggressively in the third set yet he's playing more defense as tafo holds
serve and takes a 3 to1 lead tafo could not break Fritz's serve during the second set but Begins the
third set by doing just that just when it looks like one player might be gaining an advantage the
other recovers truly a back and forth battle at Arthur Ash Stadium thus far Fritz's game at the
net is holding off tfo's returns he won nine of 10 points preventing tafo from getting a tiebreaker
and taking the second set 7 to5 this match is even heading to a third set with Fritz serving for
Match Point tafo finds another gear to cross the court repeatedly for returns and one two point to
tie the set at 5 to5 this time it's Fritz who has tafo running back and forth on the court trying to
keep up with his return and a blistering forehand tafo nearly goes into the stance attempting to
catch up to a volley and Fritz capitalizes Fritz may have taken control of the set holding serve
for a 5 to4 lead but it's been a back and forth match thus far the way it's been going tafo could
tie it up on his next serve tafo wins the point to even the set at 4 to4 his backand has been
particularly strong scorching the ball Cross Court out of Fritz's reach are we heading toward a
five- set match it's beginning to look that way as both Fritz and TFO are holding serve possible tie
break coming up as Fritz leads 4 to3 TFO to serve