Open semifinal, beating Alex Michelsen 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (10-6) on Tuesday (September 8, 2026). Frances Tiafoe kept coming back until he had reached his third U.S.
Tiafoe, who lost the first two sets and then trailed 3-0 in the fifth, finally ended the match in 4 hours, 38 minutes. He then jogged over to the other side of the net, where the 22-year-old Michelsen cried on his shoulder after a devastating end to his first career major quarterfinal. 11-seeded Tiafoe, who reached the final four in 2022 and 2024, awaits the winner of the late match between defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and No. 8 Ben Shelton, who will try to guarantee the Americans have someone in the final Sunday as they seek their first men’s Grand Slam title since 2003. He was the only man who hadn’t dropped a set, and he served to win the match with a 5-4 lead in the third. But he recovered again and eventually took control by winning three straight points in the match tiebreaker for a 7-4 lead, then hitting an ace at 135 mph after Michelsen got the next two. 46, fell to 0-6 in matches that go to a fifth set.
The No. It certainly didn’t appear Tiafoe would be going back this time, after Michelsen continued his dominant run through his breakout tournament. He got off to a nervous start with consecutive double-faults and Tiafoe eventually broke when Michelsen couldn’t put away a shot at the net. Michelsen, ranked No.
Tiafoe said his performance to start the match was slow and flat.