Taylor Fritz has emerged as the most dependable American man on the Grand Slam stage, carrying the nation’s hopes where others, Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, and Tommy Paul, fell short. Ranked No. 4, Fritz stormed into his seventh career major quarterfinal and his third straight at Flushing Meadows, matching Tiafoe’s rare feat of three consecutive US Open quarterfinals in the past 15 years. Yet, while history glimmers behind him, the mountain ahead looms larger than ever. For standing in his path is Novak Djokovic, the immovable titan, and as John McEnroe’s brother, Patrick , bluntly reminds him, reality may hit harder than the forehand.
Just moments ago, Patrick McEnroe took to X to amplify the growing tension at Flushing Meadows. Sharing a fan’s post, who highlighted the daunting