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As the US Open continued on Friday, Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe faced off in a highly anticipated third-round matchup. The well-matched, All-American contest ended with Tiafoe victorious 4-6, 7 ...
And it came to fruition on the biggest stage Friday night when he came from behind to beat his good friend and fellow American Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the U.S. Open semifinals.
No matter who was to win Tuesday’s US Open quarterfinals match between Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton, history was going to be made: For the first time, two Black men faced off in the match.
The semifinal between Fritz and Frances Tiafoe marked the first all-American major men's semifinal since Andre Agassi defeated Robby Ginepri at the 2005 US Open, with Fritz becoming the first American man to reach a major final since Andy Roddick at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, and the first to do so at the US Open since Roddick in 2006. [5]
At the US Open, he reached the fourth round for a second consecutive year by defeating fifth seed and world No. 7, Andrey Rublev in a five-set match. Tiafoe was the first American man to reach the second week at the US Open in consecutive years since Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish in 2011–12. [87] He was then defeated by Félix Auger-Aliassime. [88]
The champion receives a full-size replica of the event's trophy engraved with his name. [12] In 2010, the winner received prize money of US$1,700,000. [13] A bonus pool of $1,000,000 is also to US Open champions who have clinched the first place of the US Open Series. [14]
The winner will play in the U.S. Open final on Sunday against the winner of the first semifinal, between Janick Sinner and Jack Draper. That matched is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the Arthur Ashe court.
By reaching the semifinals, he set up an all-American matchup with Frances Tiafoe, who won later in the day, the first at a Grand Slam since 2005 at the US Open, when Andre Agassi and Robby Ginepri met. [124] Fritz won the match in five sets to reach his first Grand Slam final. However, he lost in the final to Jannik Sinner in straight sets. [125]