jmetaB0312df07a564bc62178cb2747fcd0968f7e3176a1e261a374458bd44407a4b92da@31a83d195f0e7b97a64e51b7de54578a633efe3ff38d3edc9bf4f241b7e61587rss.item metarss.netM5 <item> <title>Fritz outlasts Tiafoe over five sets in all-American clash to reach US Open final</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/06/taylor-fritz-frances-tiafoe-us-open-semi-final-tennis-2024</link> <description><ul><li>Californian beats compatriot 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1</li><li>Janik Sinner awaits in final <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/07/jannik-sinner-brings-jack-drapers-new-york-adventure-to-a-brutal-end">after beating Jack Draper</a></li><li>US Open has not had home menâs champion since 2003</li></ul><p>It was not a matter of <em>if</em><strong> </strong>an American man would be playing in the US Open final; it was a matter of <em>who</em>.</p><p>After a grinding semi-final fight over five sets, Taylor Fritz outlasted Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 to become the first American man in 18 years to play for a grand slam singles title on home soil. On Sunday, Fritz will face the world No 1, Jannik Sinner, who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/07/jannik-sinner-brings-jack-drapers-new-york-adventure-to-a-brutal-end">survived his own gut-check match</a> against Great Britainâs Jake Draper.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/06/taylor-fritz-frances-tiafoe-us-open-semi-final-tennis-2024">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/us-open-tennis-2024">US Open Tennis 2024</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/usopentennis">US Open tennis</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/tennis">Tennis</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/us-sport">US sports</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2024 03:51:07 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/06/taylor-fritz-frances-tiafoe-us-open-semi-final-tennis-2024</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/594d11251ad0034f535892046caacaf45756fa68/0_96_3677_2207/master/3677.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=6b54c77bc6acf21a47de69f96ab02da1"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/594d11251ad0034f535892046caacaf45756fa68/0_96_3677_2207/master/3677.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ed2a0375b6e9660665423cf34f0a33c0"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Andrew Lawrence at Flushing Meadows</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-09-07T03:51:07Z</dc:date> </item>
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