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Ben Shelton finished off Carlos Alcaraz at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday morning in the latest match in U.S.
Open history, completing a draw already cleared of its heavyweights: Jannik Sinner had withdrawn pre-tournament with a right knee injury, and Novak Djokovic had fallen to Mariano Navone in the first round.
Friday's all-American semifinal between Shelton and Frances Tiafoe now carries the full weight of 23 years without an American Grand Slam title.
The case for closing that gap has never been cleaner on paper, and the read-through on every previous case was just as convincing.
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