America’s Frances Tiafoe’s remarkable run in the US Open continues into Wednesday night.
Two days after losing to Spain’s Rafael Nadal, Tiafoe beat Russia’s Andrey Rublev, 6-7, 6-7, 4-6, to advance to the first Grand Slam semi-final of his career.
Wednesday’s feat is not only a landmark in Tiafoe’s career, but it also marks a string of nearly two decades of bad luck for American men at the US Open. Tiafoe became the first American man to advance to the semi-finals of the US Open since Andy Roddick did so in 2006, breaking a 16-year drought.
