US Takes 18 Years For US Open 2024 Final Tickets

Frances Tiafoe met compatriot Taylor Fritz in the semifinals of the US Open 2024 (Instagram/@usopen).

JAKARTA The United States should take 18 years to return to place one representative from the men's singles in the final round of the US Open.

The opportunity came after their tennis player, Frances Tiafoe, qualified for the semifinals and met his compatriot, Taylor Fritz, US Open 2024. The clash automatically locked one final ticket.

Andy Roddick was the last American to win a Grand Slam singles title when he beat Juan Carlos F Way at Flushing Meadows in 2003.

Roddick is also the last American to reach the US Open final in 2006. However, at that time, he lost against Swiss player Roger Federer.

Tiafoe, who has always appeared entertaining, qualified for the semifinals this year after stopping Bulgarian tennis player, Grigor Dimitrov, who was forced to withdraw due to injury.

Dimitrov decided not to continue the game when Tiafoe was ahead of her 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, and 4-1. Dimitriv appears to be suffering from a hamstring injury.

"I don't want to end a game like that, both for me and the audience. This semi-final is the biggest game of my and Taylor's life," Tiafoe said after the match, quoted by BBC Sport.

Touching the last four of this year's edition means the third big semi-final for Tiafoe and the first for Fritz, who passed the quarter-finals of the US Open 2024 by beating Alexander Zverev 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-4, and 7-6 (7-3).

Fritz cheered for joy after successfully eliminating the fourth seed and runner-up in the 2020 edition of Germany.

"Today feels different. I really feel this is the time for me to go further. I should do it here, on this field, in front of the audience," said Fritz after the match.

This is the biggest moment for Fritz in his 33rd appearance at the Grand Slam event.

He previously lost to Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the US Open 2023, lost twice in the last eight of Wimbledon 2022 and 2024, and lost in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open 2024.