The 2024 US Open men's singles semifinals ended a battle between top seed Sinner and 25th seed Draper. As a result, Sinner won in straight sets, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-2, and reached the final of a Grand Slam for the first time since the Australian Open earlier this year, becoming the first Italy player to reach the final of the US Open men's singles.
In the first six games of the first set, both sides held serve and fought to a 3-3 draw. Sinner broke first in the seventh game and was immediately broken back by Draper, who also held serve in the ninth game. In the 11th game, Sinner broke again and won the service game, taking the next game 7-5; In the second set, Sinner and Draper entered a hold battle, holding their serve in the first 12 games, and in the tie-break, Sinner won another set 7-3.
In the third set, after Sinner and Draper fought to a 2-2 draw, Sinner showed the style of the world No. 1, while Draper lost 4 games in a row due to physical fitness, and finally Sinner eliminated Draper with a total score of 3-0 to enter the US Open men's singles final for the first time, and Draper suffered the first defeat at the US Open this year and stopped in the semifinals. It is worth mentioning that this is Sinner's 54th win of the season, his 34th win on hard court and his 22nd win in a Grand Slam.
In this battle, both players were very hard. Draper was so tired that he vomited, and Sinner fell and injured himself trying to save the ball. Draper vomited in the eighth and 12th games of the second set, due to the hot weather, coupled with the intensity of the game beyond imagination, Draper vomited directly after completing a wide range of running, and after vomiting, he picked up a towel to wipe the court, which can exhaust the US Open dark horse to vomit, I have to say that Sinner's ability to hold on is really strong.
While Draper was tired and vomited, Sinner also suffered an injury in the eighth game of the second set. Draper moved at a wide angle on both sides, and Sinner fell hard in the middle of the extreme save, injuring his wrist while holding the ground, but he was able to win the point. After the minute, Sinner gripped his wrist tightly and asked for a medical timeout. It's only been a set and a half, and there is already a famous scene of two doctors treating two players at the same time.
Sinner's win has now reached two consecutive hard-court Grand Slam finals, and he has also surpassed Federer to become the youngest player to reach the Australian Open and US Open men's singles finals in the same year since the Australian Open was switched to a hard-court Grand Slam. He is also the first male player since 2001 to win at least 22 Grand Slams in a single season since the Big Four.
In terms of points, Sinner's US Open can reach at least 10,480 points, thus becoming the eighth player in history to break 10,000 points. The seven who preceded him were Sampras, Agassi, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, and Medvedev. If he wins, Sinner will remain at number one in the world, 4,105 points ahead of second-placed Zverev, or 105 points more than his two Grand Slam titles.