Andy rodic was the last American man to win a grand slam singles title achieving this feat at Flushing Meadows in 2003 he also Remains the most recent American man to reach a US Open final losing to Roger Federer in 2006 however the long wait for a home finalist will soon end as Taylor Fritz and Francis TFO have both Advanced to the semifinals Fritz ended his run of grand slam quarterfinal disappointments by narrowly defeating Alexander Z of 7672 3-6 64 767 three TFO the 20th seed progressed to the semi-finals when grigor demitra retired due to a hamstring injury with TFO leading 63 6 to 75 to 7 6341 at the time of the retirement TFO remarked I didn't want to end it like that for me or the crowd but Friday is going to be one hell of a day it's the biggest match of mine in Taylor's life. this will be tfo's third major semi-final appearance while Fritz is reaching this stage for the first time having been eliminated in The quarterfinals of his previous four grand slam tournaments Fritz 26 expressed his Elation after his win saying today just felt different I really felt like it was my time to go a step further it's only fitting I'm doing it here on this court at the open in front of this crowd this tournament has been a breakthrough for Fritz who had previously lost in the US Open quarterfinals in 2023 Wimbledon in 2022 in July and the Australian Open in January in his match against zv Fritz turned the tied in a crucial moment of the third set capitalizing on zov's missed opportunities and errors to secure his victory zv admitted afterward that he was the most frustrated and disappointed he had been in a long time saying I played terrible I did nothing to deserve to win looking ahead to his semi-final against TFO Fritz anticipated the crowd's enthusiasm stating I know the crowd would really want to see me