Thrilling Semi-Finals at Arthur Ashe Stadium: US Open Brackets Heat Up

Arthur Ashe Stadium readies for an electrifying US Open semi-final featuring Americans Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe. Jack Draper aims to upset top seed Jannik Sinner. In women's doubles, Kichenok/Ostapenko face Mladenovic/Zhang for the trophy. Draper and Tiafoe mark pivotal moments in their careers.

The home crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium will be buzzing with excitement on Friday over the all-American U.S. Open semi-final between Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe, as Briton Jack Draper hopes to upset top seed Jannik Sinner on the other side of the draw.

The women's doubles final will see Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko vie for the trophy against Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai of China, after losing the Australian Open final.

World number one Sinner has held on at Flushing Meadows as other top contenders suffered early exits, and will hope to end Draper's charmed run in pursuit of his second major title this year. Draper had an inspired run to the fourth round a year ago and has emerged as the brightest hope to take up the mantle of British men's tennis after three-time major winner Andy Murray played his last match at the Paris Games.

Fritz and Tiafoe each hope they will be the one to end a 21-year U.S. men's major drought and will play under the bright lights at the crown jewel of American tennis. Good friends off the court, their showdown guarantees a U.S. man will be in a major final for the first time since 2009, with Tiafoe expressing confidence that an American winner is just "a matter of time."

Kichenok and Ostapenko have not dropped a set and hope to keep their pristine run on track against the French-Chinese pair, who overcame favourites Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend in a hard-fought semi-final.

(With inputs from agencies.)