Updates from first men’s semi-final at 8pm BST, 3pm EST Andrew Lawrence: in praise of five-set tennis | Mail BillyKaren Khachanov emerges from the tunnel first, followed by Alexander Zverev. Apparently the German was a
He hasn’t dropped a set since the second round and will face either Francis Tiafoe or Ben Shelton in the final. After the second round at 3am, me and my team were in the dressing room actually laughing our ass off how bad I was playing. Moving forward I was playing much better tennis.
I have improved a little bit, otherwise I wouldn’t be in the US Open, I think. It’s going to be incredibly special, Francis and Ben are crowd favourites here in New York. Tonight is going to be an epic semi-final, I’m looking forward to watching it.
Hopefully I can not make the American dream come true on Sunday.
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