The wave of hosts in Djokovic's bracket at the US Open
These three players are all in the semi-finals of Novak Djokovic, who won 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 in the latest fourth round match on September 3 with Borna Gojo. Nole's opponent in the quarterfinals is ninth seed Fritz - the first person to reach the round of eight with the strongest player in the tournament.
For the first time since 2005, American men's tennis has three players in the quarterfinals of the singles event at the home Grand Slam. In the fourth round, Fritz defeated Dominic Stricker 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4. He has not lost a set through four rounds and just lost a service game for the first time in the match against Stricker on September 3.
Tiafoe easily defeated the phenomenon Hinky Hijikata 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 to enter the quarterfinals for the second year in a row. Last year, the 25-year-old reached the semi-finals and only lost to Carlos Alcaraz. Before that, Tiafoe became the first American to reach the fourth round at home Grand Slam four consecutive years, since Andre Agassi in the period 2002-2005.
In the all-American fourth round match, young talent Ben Shelton defeated senior Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. At the age of 20, Shelton is the youngest player to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open, since Andy Roddick in 2002. Earlier this year, Shelton also reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and lost to Tommy Paul after four sets.
In round four, Shelton also set a record for the fastest serve since the beginning of the tournament, with 239.7 km/h. The record at the US Open belongs to Roddick in 2004, with a speed of 244.6 km/h.
The remaining bracket witnessed many evenly matched matches. At 11:30 p.m. today (Hanoi time), Andrey Rublev plays against Jack Draper. Then, Carlos Alcaraz met the phenomenon of Matteo Arnaldi. Daniil Medvedev faces Alex De Minaur, and the latest match in round four takes place between Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev at 7:30 a.m. September 5.
