Frances Tiafoe breaks 18 year drought

The success of Frances Tiafoe in the semi-final match Grigor Dimitrov this Tuesday day of US Open has aroused many positive reactions in the American public, due to his victory on the Arthur Ashe court, the tennis player from Maryland and #20 in the ATP ranking will be measured in one of the semifinals of the tournament Taylor Fritzhis compatriot and currently number 12 in the ranking.

However, it would have been irrelevant if not for Tiafoe’s passage to the semifinal of the US Open broke an eighteen-year drought without an American tennis player in a Grand Slam final. In particular, the last time was in the 2006 US Open final, where Andy Roddick fell earlier Roger Federer. This time, Fritz or Tiafoe will have a chance to make it to the grand final, and it will certainly be on American soil.

In fact, this individual rivalry that will take place this Friday will also have historical meanings. And this time, the Fritz-Tiafoe This will be the first match between American tennis players in a semifinal match since 2005 after Andrew Agassi and Robby Ginepri They faced off for a place in the final of that edition. A tournament that, by the way, Federer won against Agassi.

A wall to tear down

After losing in their respective quarterfinal matches Alexander Zverev already Grigor DimitrovTiafoe and Fritz will have a golden opportunity to keep the Grand Slam at home. what else, for the first time since Andy Roddick won the US Open title in 2003, No American tennis player has ever won a Grand Slam.

Undoubtedly, a big challenge for both Frances Tiafoe for Taylor Fritzwho will fight this Friday for a place in the grand final and to change the history of national tennis.