American tennis players have made an indelible mark at this US Open. Players from the U.S. all made it to the singles quarterfinals.
No. 6 seed CoCo Gauff, who will play No. 10 seed Karolina Muchova tonight in a semifinals match, is one of a group of American tennis players who have excelled at this year’s US OpenSign up for our acclaimed free newsletter Editorially Black with the top Racial Equity stories of the day to your inbox!
The American contingent has been led by 19-year-old Coco Gauff, who reached the semifinals of the tournament by defeating Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia on Tuesday 6-0, 6-2. The No. 20 seed Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion, knocked off No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek on Sunday to face Gauff in the quarterfinals.
Guaff is the first American teenager to reach back-to-back US Open quarterfinals since Serena Williams and is now the first American teenager to reach the semifinals since Serena. The American men have also experienced considerable success at this year’s Open, including two who contested each other in the quarterfinals on Tuesday night. Unseeded 20-year-old Ben Shelton advanced to the semifinals by upsetting No. 10 seed Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 3-6, 7-6. It was a historic pairing as it was the first time two Black men met in a US Open quarterfinal.
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