No American man has won any Grand Slam title since Andy Roddick at the 2003 U.S. Open.
But Tiafoe beat Rafael Nadal in the fourth round of the U.S. Open along the way to getting to the semifinals there last September, the first time in 16 years the host nation had a representative in the men’s final four at Flushing Meadows.
After that came this benchmark: 10 Americans were ranked in the ATP’s Top 50, something that last happened in June 1995. In that game, and the next, and later on, too, including at 5-all in the tiebreaker, he would come within two points of owning that set. “He’s one of my best friends on tour,” said Zverev, a German who twice has reached the semifinals on the red clay of Paris, “but on the court, I’m trying to win.”
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