American Frances Tiafoe overtook No. 9 Andrey Rublev in the U.S. Open quarterfinals in straight sets 7–6(3), 7–6(0), 6–4 to advance to his first career Grand Slam semifinal.
Wednesday’s match was a close battle between the No. 9 and No. 22 ranked players. Neither player could break the other during their serving games until Tiafoe succeeded in the third set to go up 4–3. This then allowed him to lead 5–3 after his service game.
This wasn’t the first time Tiafoe upset Rublev. At last year’s U.S. Open, Tiafoe beat Rublev in five sets in the third round.