Taylor Fritz and Jannik Sinner begin play in the US Open men’s final

NEW YORK — Taylor Fritz and Jannik Sinner started playing in the US Open final, which could end a 21-year drought among American men on Sunday.

A win for Fritz would be his first Grand Slam singles title for an american man since Andy Roddick in 2003. Sinner is aiming for his second major championship of the season.

The match kicked off shortly after 2pm under sunny skies at Arthur Ashe Stadium on a day with a temperature of 21 degrees Celsius.

The No. 1 Sinner is 34-2 on hard courts in 2024 with four titles, including the Australian Open in January. The 23-year-old Italian is on a 10-match winning streak. After winning the Cincinnati Open last month, it was revealed he had been acquitted in a doping case after a positive test for an anabolic steroid twice in March.

The 12th-seeded Fritz, a 26-year-old Californian, reached his first major final by surpasses her compatriot Frances Tiafoe in five sets on Friday, making Fritz the first man from the United States to play for a Grand Slam title since Roddick lost to Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009.

Roddick’s victory at the 2003 US Open is the last Grand Slam title for an American.

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