Outsider Taylor Fritz will make history in the US Open final against Jannik Sinner

Against his friend and rising star Jack Draper, who stormed into the semi-finals without losing a set but had to vomit several times, the world number one was not even thrown off course by a fall. The final score was 7:5, 7:6 (7:3), 6:2 after 3 hours and 5 minutes.

Sünder brushed aside any minor concerns he had about his left wrist, which he had fallen on during his mishap in the second set. “I’m completely relaxed, because when it’s something bad, you immediately feel it a little more,” he said coolly.

Between him and his next triumph stands Fritz, who eliminated the German number one Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals and also kept his nerve in the five-set match against fellow countryman Frances Tiafoe. “I think it was much more stressful today than if I had played in the final. I just feel good,” said Fritz after the 4:6, 7:5, 4:6, 6:4, 6:1.

The US boy, who was the first US tennis player to triumph in Arthur Ashe Stadium since Roddick 21 years ago, has always enjoyed duels with Sinner in the past: “I have the feeling that I will come out and play really well and win.”

He is sure to win the audience’s favor.