Fritz Tiafoe make American history at US Open

pThere will be an all-American menrsquo;s semi-final at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since the 2005 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a./ppa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview'Frances Tiafoe/a will meet in the last four at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a on Friday, guaranteeing that one of the home stars will become a first-time major finalist. The winner will become the first American man to make a Slam singles final since 2009 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a (a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-roddick/r485/overview'Andy Roddick/a, l. to Federer)./ppstrongAll-American Grand Slam Men's Singles SF or F (since 2000)/strong/ptable style="width: 100%;" tbody tr tdstrong Tournament/strongnbsp;/td tdnbsp;strongRound/strong/td tdnbsp;strongResult/strong/td /tr tr tdnbsp;2005 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a/td tdnbsp;SF/td tdnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-agassi/a092/overview'Andre Agassi/a d. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robby-ginepri/g569/overview'Robby Ginepri/a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3/td /tr tr tdnbsp;2002 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a/td tdnbsp;F/td tdnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pete-sampras/s402/overview'Pete Sampras/a d. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-agassi/a092/overview'Andre Agassi/a 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4/td /tr tr tdnbsp;2000 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a/td tdnbsp;SF/td tdnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-agassi/a092/overview'Andre Agassi/a d. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pete-sampras/s402/overview'Pete Sampras/a 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(0), 7-6(5), 6-1/td /tr /tbody/tablepFritz defeated fourth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) in Tuesdayrsquo;s first quarter-final before Tiafoe set a showdown against his countryman. He led a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3, 4-1 when the ninth seed retired./ppThe last time there was an all-American menrsquo;s semi-final at a major, 19 years ago at Flushing Meadows, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-agassi/a092/overview'Andre Agassi/a defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robby-ginepri/g569/overview'Robby Ginepri/a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3./ppThere have only been two other all-American menrsquo;s Slam semi-finals this millennium. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pete-sampras/s402/overview'Pete Sampras/a beat Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the 2002 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a final and Agassi clawed past Sampras 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(0), 7-6(5), 6-1 in the 2000 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a semi-finals./p[ATP APP]pThe winner between Fritz and Tiafoe will play in Sundayrsquo;s final in an attempt to become the first American man to win a major singles title since a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-roddick/r485/overview'Andy Roddick/a lifted the 2003 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a trophy./ppFritz leads Tiafoe 6-1 in the pairrsquo;s Lexus ATP Head2Head series. They most recently clashed last year in Acapulco, where Fritz was victorious 6-3, 6-4./pp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p