Consider Wednesday night a reminder.
Yes, the story of this U.S. Open has been the American men.
Two of them, Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz, are playing for a spot in the final on Friday and looking to snap the 21-year drought this country has gone without a man winning a Grand Slam title.
But the No. 1 seed is still standing, and he’s looking like the one to beat.
Jannik Sinner arrived in Queens hounded by his performance-enhancing drugs scandal.
It has not been a distraction on the court.
He dropped the first set he played at the Open, and just one since, cruising into the semifinals with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over 2021 U.S. Open champion and fifth-seeded Daniil Medvedev at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Whichever American man survives Friday will likely have to get past Sinner on Sunday.
Sinner will meet No. 25 Jack Draper in the other semifinal.
