a special thank you to each of our subscribers who make this channel possible here's today's story The Electric All-American semi-final match Friday night at Arthur Ash Stadium guaranteed that either Taylor fritz or Francis TFO would reach the finals of a Grand Slam Tournament for the first time it also guaranteed that one of them had to be eliminated for their fellow countrymen to advance to face number one C Jan Nick Center on Sunday for the US Open Championship the US native to be knocked out of the tournament was the 20th seated tifo who blew a two to one lead and fell in five sets to Fritz to end what had been an impressive push for the first major title of his career history was going to be made either way on Friday night but it was Taylor Fritz whose name would be attached to it Fritz 26 became the first American tennis player to reach a men's Grand Slam singles final since 2009 and the first to advance to the US Open final since 2006 after he rallied to defeat fellow American Francis tifo in five sets it's a dream come true I'm in the final so I'm going to come out and give everything I can possibly give Fritz said during a postmatch interview I can't wait the win makes Fritz the first US men's player to reach a major final since Andy rodic lost to Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009 if he wins his match against world number one Jan nicker he would become the first American to win a men's Grand Slam singles title since rodic did so 21 years ago a feat he accomplished at the US Open with his on the line fans at Arthur Ash Stadium cheered fiercely for Fritz after the match Fritz defeated TFO 4 to6 7 to 5 4 to 6 6 to 4 6 to1 to reach his first career Grand Slam final that's all for this story We upload videos every day covering many different subjects so hit that subscribe button to stay informed thanks for watching