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Shelton tips Tiafoe at US Open to move one win from ending 23-year drought
23-year-old defeats Tiafoe 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 Shelton is first Black US men’s finalist since Ashe American will face top seed Zverev for title For 23 years they have come and gone. Andy Roddick tried again. Andre Agassi made one final run. James Blake, Mardy Fish, Sam Querrey, John Isner, Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz all carried the hopes of American men’s tennis deep into the second week of major championships, only to thrash against the ceiling of the sport’s European hegemony time and again. …
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