NEW YORK (AP) — LATEST on the US Open tennis tournament (local time all):
11:35 pm
Carlos Alcaraz says he stopped playing his US Open quarterfinal against Felix Auger-Aliassim due to a problem with the muscles of his right leg.
Alkraj says he felt a problem with his right joiner before going to court on Tuesday night.
He was coming off two consecutive five-set victories - including third-round No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas - which saw the 18-year-old from Spain become the youngest person to reach the quarterfinals of a hard-court Grand Slam tournament in New York. made. 1963 but made it "really hard to fix".
Alcaraz retired from the match at the Arthur Ashe Stadium, trailing 6-3, 3-1.
"It's really difficult to finish such a great tournament, but I had no choice," Alkaraz said. "First of all, I have to take care of my body."
12th seed Auger-Aliassim said that he "didn't really see anything" during the match, leading him to believe that his opponent would need to stop.
The 21-year-old from Canada reached his first Grand Slam semi-final and will face Daniil Medvedev on Friday.
10:25 pm
Felix Auger-Aliasime has reached his first Grand Slam semi-final at the US Open after 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz stopped playing in the second set shortly after meeting with a trainer.
It was not immediately clear why Alcaraz retired from the match.
Auger-Aliasim was leading 6–3, 3–1 and called it a "strange ending".
He is a 21-year-old from Canada, coached by Rafael's uncle Toni Nadal.
Auger-Aliasim will face No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev for a berth in the final.
8:45 pm
Aryna Sabalenka equaled her best result in a Grand Slam tournament by reaching the US Open semi-finals.
The No. 2 seed of Belarus defeated French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova 6-1, 6-4.
Sabalenka admitted to having confidence problems at the biggest tournaments of her career earlier, saying she worked with a psychologist to deal with those fears.
It seems to be working, as Sabalenka made her opening Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon and will look to go a step further when she faces 19-year-old Leyla Fernandez in the semi-finals.
Krejcikova was the last Grand Slam champion to be in a women's draw at Flushing Meadows.
5:30 p.m.
Leyla Fernandez has reached the semi-finals of the US Open a day after turning 19.
The Canadian player continued her stellar run in the tournament, beating No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5).
Fernandez won the last two points of the tiebreaker in his last two matches to beat US Open champions Naomi Osaka and Angelique Kerber to lead a three-set victory.
2:45 pm
Daniil Medvedev is the first player to reach the semi-finals of the US Open.
No. 2 seed from Russia beat qualifier Boutique van de Zandschulp of Netherlands 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 7-5 to reach there for the third year in a row.
Medvedev dropped a set for the first time in the tournament, but failed to stop Van de Zandschulp's bid for the U.S. Became the first person to come through qualifying to reach the Open semi-finals.
He will play either 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz or 21-year-old Felix Auger-Aliassim.
12:30 pm.
By the end of the day, two teenagers and one qualifier could advance to the semi-finals of the US Open.
Or maybe Daniil Medvedev will be there for the third year in a row and restore more normalcy in the tournament.
The No. 2 seed began action on Tuesday with a quarter-final match against 25-year-old Boutique van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands, who is looking to become the first man to make it through qualifying to reach the US Open semi-finals.
Medvedev, the runner-up of Rafael Nadal in 2019, is the only player who has not missed a set in the tournament.
In another men's quarterfinal match, Spain's 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz was to meet 21-year-old Felix Auger-Aliasim, number 12 of Canada.