No. 12 seed Taylor Fritz faces No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy in the U.S. Open final, bidding to become the first American to win a Grand Slam singles title in 21 years.
Fritz knocked out No. 20 Frances Tiafoe in the first all-American men’s singles semifinal at a Slam in 19 years to become the first American men’s singles finalist in 15 years.
Now Fritz, who had never been past the quarterfinals of a major before this, tries to stop Sinner from sweeping the hard-court majors in 2024.
Sinner won the Australian Open in January and is bidding to become the first Italian to win multiple major singles titles in the Open Era (since 1968).
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The draw was rocked on back-to-back nights with upsets in the first week.
Carlos Alcaraz, the 2022 U.S. Open champion and No. 3 seed, was stunned in three sets by 74th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands in the second round.
It was Alcaraz’s earliest Grand Slam defeat since 2021 Wimbledon, when he had just turned 18.
Then Novak Djokovic was ousted by 28th seed Alexei Popyrin of Australia in the third round. It marked the 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic’s earliest Grand Slam defeat since the 2017 Australian Open.
For the first time since 2002, none of Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will win a Slam in a calendar year.
2024 U.S. Open Men’s Singles Draw, Bracket
