Carlos Alcaraz ends Frances Tiafoe’s dream run at US Open to reach final against Casper Ruud | Tennis News – Times of India

NEW YORK: Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz ended Frances Tiafoe‘s dream run on the U.S. Open with a 6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3 win to achieve his first main remaining, the place he’ll face Casper Ruud with the world primary rating on the road.
Despite enjoying into the early morning hours in his earlier two five-set matches, the 19-year-old confirmed no indicators of fatigue on Friday, racing across the courtroom to win the hard-fought battle.
“We are in a semi-final at a Grand Slam and we have to give everything we have inside, we have to fight until the last ball,” Alcaraz mentioned in an on-court interview.

“It doesn’t matter if we are fighting for five hours, six hours. You have to give everything on court. Frances gave everything on court. This is amazing.”

If he can beat Ruud, Alcaraz would turn into the youngest man to be topped world primary, breaking the mark set by Australian Lleyton Hewitt, who was 20 when he turned the world’s prime ranked participant in 2001.

The win ends Big Foe’s run on the match, the place his unlikely success and uniquely American life story captivated followers and introduced out luminaries together with former first woman Michelle Obama to Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday evening.

No American man has hoisted a Grand Slam trophy since Andy Roddick received the U.S. Open in 2003, and Tiafoe was the primary Black American man to achieve the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows because the late Hall of Famer Ashe did so in 1972.

“This one really, really hurts,” Tiafoe mentioned in an on-court interview.
“Too good from Carlos. You’re going to win a lot of Grand Slams, you’re a hell of a player, a hell of a person. I’m happy I got to share the court on such a big stage with you.

“I’m going to return again and I’ll win this factor someday. I’m sorry guys.”

Tiafoe, whose parents fled civil war in Sierra Leone and who was exposed to the sport when his father worked as a caretaker at a tennis center in Maryland, had the sold-out crowd in his corner, especially after he saved a match point in the fourth set.

But there was still plenty of love for Alcaraz, who has electrified the tennis world with his acrobatic shotmaking and youthful vigor.

Alcaraz got off to a sluggish start, double faulting twice in the first set tie-breaker including one on set point to hand Tiafoe a 1-0 lead.
He raised his level to win the second set, breezed through the one-sided third and took Tiafoe to the brink in the fourth before the American produced an incredible fight back, winning his eighth tiebreaker of the tournament to set up a decider.

But there would be no escape from Alcaraz, who broke to open the fifth set and never looked back, sealing the win when Tiafoe’s shot hit the net on match point.
It was the 50th match win for Alcaraz, the most of any player on the ATP Tour this year.
Alcaraz, seeded third, will look to claim what could be the first of many Grand Slam trophies when he faces French Open finalist Ruud, who produced a confident four-set win over Karen Khachanov earlier on Friday.

Alcaraz beat Ruud in straight sets in the Miami Open final in April.
“It’s superb to have the ability to combat for large issues. First time in a remaining of a Grand Slam. I can see the primary on the planet and on the identical time it’s so far-off,” Alcaraz said.
“I’ve yet one more to go in opposition to a participant who performs unbelievable. He deserves to play within the remaining. He performed the ultimate of a Grand Slam in Roland Garros and that is my first time.
“I’m going to give everything I have.”