Taylor fritz A mid-match was recovered from Lulla, during which he was treated for a leg problem by a trainer and the first Wimbledon reached the semi-finals 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4) with victory. Karen Khachanov On Tuesday.
He is the first American person to reach that stage of Grass-Cort Slam John Isner In 2018.
Last year’s US Open runner-up number 5-manner Fritz, Major came with 1-4 records in the quarter-finals, 0-2 in Wimbledon. He will now meet two -time defending champions Carlos Alakraj Spain or unplanned Cam nory Britain for a berth in the final.
Fritz has flipped into the grass-court season since the calendar, with 13–1 records on the surface that included a pair title in Stutgart and Eastborne. This is the highest grass win on the ATP tour and the most American person, when the ATP tour was formed by any American person since early 1990.
Fritz operated his way for a big initial lead against number 17 Khachanov, took 40 of its 47 service points in the first two sets and never faced a break opportunity in that period.
But then two -time major semi -finalist Khachanov caught eight out of nine matches. It was during the stretch that Fritz took a medical timeout, removed his right shoes and sores so that the trainer could retal the leg.
Khachanov broke to start the fourth set, in a game in which Fritz’s top service was 117 mph, at a speed of 18 mph, was slower than the fastest of the match at that point at a speed of 18 mph. He saw his guest box and tapped his racket against his thighs, perhaps showing that he was dealing with some fatigue.
Below 2–0 in the fourth, however, Fritz began to regain his strength and touch, and had just two points from the victory, while the total three times were 5–4 and more than 6–5. But Khachanov found things for the tiebreaker, where the score was 4-All, before the Fritz claimed the final trio of the points.
The Fritz ended with 16 aces and reached a top speed of 138 mph by the end.
Khachanov, never in the quarter-finals in Wimbledon, fell to 0-11 in the Grand Slam matches against opponents ranked in the top five.
Fitz joins Francis tiafo And Ben shelton Many major semi -final appearances as the only American men. But Fritz is the first active American person to reach the semi-finals or is better among a non-Hardcourt chief.
Shelton would be looking at her to join her on Wednesday, if she can get the last world number 1 Pronounced sinnerThe last Wimbledon 2000 (Pete Semapraas and Andre Agassi) presenting two American men in the semi -finals.
America did not have a male Wimbledon Finalist Andy rhodik In 2009.
Fritz is chasing its first Grand Slam title-and Wimbledon has not produced the first chief champion Roger Federer in 2003. For the first time, 20 straight Wimbledon’s run is the longest streak in the history of the tournament.
ESPN Research and Associated Press contributed to this report.
