American men keep winning, adding juice to the U.S. Open 20 years after Andy Roddick was victorious in 2003.
NEW YORK — There are bound to be a few gags among the young Americans climbing the ranks together in men’s tennis. They’re all under pressure here at the U.S. Open. They sometimes eat together, practice together and play doubles together to keep up longtime friendships — and not one of them is over 26.In a sport that’s active 11 months of the year and requires lengthy visits to far-flung places, there’s a lot of downtime away from home to come up with inside jokes.
He regrouped to elevate what already had been an exciting summer stretch following a third-round loss at Wimbledon. The 26-year-old arrived in New York with buzz thanks to a three-set win over Carlos Alcaraz at the Masters 1000 tournament in Toronto, one of the lead-in events for the U.S. Open. It was the first time an American man had defeated a world No. 1 in a tour-level match since 2017.
But that match was eight months ago and a world away from New York, where the rise of this group of young Americans coincides with the 20th anniversary of Roddick’s U.S. Open win — he was the last American man to win a Grand Slam, you might have heard.Tenth-seeded Frances Tiafoe also advanced to the fourth round Friday with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 victory over No. 22 seed Adrian Mannarino of France.
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