Al final, cuando terminaron cinco sets apasionantes y un desempate agonizantemente ajustado — y cuando había concluido el partido que más tarde terminó en la historia del Abierto de Estados Unidos—, Ben Shelton no era el único jugador que sonreía.

Ben Shelton played the best tennis of his young career into the early hours of Wednesday morning in a US Open quarterfinal win over Carlos Alcaraz. Shelton has long credited his family, friends, and girlfriend Trinity Rodman’s support for

It has been an intense day at the US Open, with the first three matches of the day all going the distance to a deciding set. That set up nicely for the headline match of the day, where Carlos Alcaraz is taking on American No.

Frances Tiafoe kept coming back until he had reached his third U.S. Open semifinal, beating Alex Michelsen 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (10-6) on Tuesday.