American man guaranteed in final of 2024 US Open

Taylor Fritz (Keith Allison, Wikimedia Commons)

An American man is guaranteed to be in the final of the 2024 United States Open. On Tuesday, two American men won their quarterfinal matchup, which guaranteed an all-American semifinal on Friday. The 12th seed Taylor Fritz of San Diego, California beat the fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany 7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6. Then, the 20th seed Frances Tiafoe of Hyattsville, Maryland defeated the ninth seed Grigor Dimitrov via a walkover after Tiafoe was leading 6-3 6-7, 6-3, 4-1. Dimitrov withdrew because of a lower body injury.

This is the second time at a major this season that Dimitrov could not complete a match due to injury. He withdrew from the fourth round of Wimbledon against Daniil Medvedev of Russia in the first set because of a groin injury. Dimitrov was trailing Medvedev 5-3 at the time.

The last time an American man reached the final of a grand slam tournament was 2009. That is when Andy Roddick of Omaha, Nebraska reached the final of Wimbledon against the great Roger Federer of Switzerland, and lost a five-set thriller, 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14. It is considered one of the greatest tennis matches of all-time.

The last time an American man won a grand slam singles tournament was 2003. Twenty-one years ago Roddick beat Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in the final of the U.S. Open.

All-time, Fritz has won six of seven meetings. Tiafoe’s only win came in the first round of Indian Wells in 2016, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Since then Fritz has won 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of Winston-Salem (at Wake Forest University) in 2016, in the first round of the Paris Masters in 2019 (7-6, 3-6, 6-4), in the second round of the Australian Open in 2022 (6-4, 6-3, 7-6), in the second round of Montreal in 2022 (5-7, 6-1, 6-4), in the final of Japan in 2022 (7-6, 7-6), and in the quarterfinals of Acapulco in 2023 (6-3, 6-4).

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