American players Taylor Fritz and Francis tifo reached the semifinals of the US Open Fritz ranked 12th in the world defeated Germany's Alexander Zev ranked fourth in the world in three sets in the quarterfinals he reaches the semifinals as the first American player to reach this stage in a long time Fritz will face his compatriot Francis TFO ranked 20th in the world in the semifinals TF fo defeated Bulgaria's Gregor demitro ranked ninth in the world in the fourth set when dimitro withdrew due to injury declaring TFO the winner the United States will have a representative in the US Open final for the first time in 18 years