For the primary time in 34 years, the American males have positioned three within the semifinals on the Canadian Masters.
The American males cracked a milestone on Tuesday in Montreal, pushing three by way of to the semifinals on the Canadian Masters for the primary time since 1991.
Brandon Nakashima (defeated Luciano Darderi), Ben Shelton (defeated Jakub Mensik) and Learner Tien (defeated Daniel Merida) to achieve the ultimate 4 on the Omnium Banque Nationale.
Nakashima, 25, and Tien, 20, have reached the final 4 of a Masters 1000 for the primary time. Per the ATP, the feat was final achieved by Andre Agassi, Ivan Lendl and MaliVai Washington in 1992.
Tien is the youngest American man to achieve the semifinals at a Masters occasion since Andy Roddick in 2002.
Shelton, who gained the title in Toronto final yr, stretched his successful streak on the occasion to 10.
Not less than one American will get to the ultimate.
Shelton will face Learner Tien within the semis. Tien took the pair’s first two conferences, at Mallorca in 2025 and at Indian Wells this yr.
“I don’t assume that he was near his greatest once I performed him in Indian Wells, um, however regardless of how he’s feeling, he’s at all times gonna serve nicely. He’s at all times gonna hit a giant ball off the baseline,” Tien stated. “He’s taking part in with a number of confidence proper now. So, it’ll be actually robust.”
Nakashima will tackle Rafael Jodar, the rising Spaniard who’s as much as No.11 within the dwell rankings after defeating Arthur Fils on Tuesday.
The pair have by no means met earlier than.
Chris Oddo. Chris Oddo is a contract sportswriter, podcaster, blogger and social media marker who’s a lead contributor to Tennisnow.com. He additionally writes for USOpen.org, Rolandgarros.com, BNPParibasOpen.com, TennisTV.com, WTAtennis.com and the official US Open program.
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