it's not just taylor fritz dreaming big.can — emma navarro is also into her first grand slam semi final. the home crowd in new york turbo—charging her performance navarro — top of your screen — knocked out the defending champion coco gauff in the previous round, and backed it up with victory over spain's paula badosa — fighting back from 5—1 and a double—break down in the second set to win the match 6—2 7—5. to cricket, and from the start of next year, the england senior men's team will have just one coach across all formats of the game. brendon mccullum, who has turned around the fortunes of the test team in his two years in charge, will now take on the one—day and t20 sides after matthew mott was sacked after the t20 world cup when they were outclassed by the eventual champions india. mccullum has also extended his contract until the end of 2027. here's our chief cricket writer stephan shemilt... i think a lot of people would say it's the best news for english cricket since the last time they gave brendon mccullum a job, b

jannik sinner has won his second grand slam singles title, sweeping aside taylor fritz in straight sets in the us open final at flushing meadows. it's been quite a year for the italian, winning the australian open injanuary and rising to number one in the world injune. fritz was in his first major final and the long wait for an american man to win a grand slam goes on. from new york, here's our senior sports news correspondent laura scott. jannik sinner�*s remarkable season continues, he hasjust become the first italian man to win the us open men's singles title. taylor fritz was bidding to become the first american man to win a grand slam title in more than 20 years, a number of famous faces in attendance. among them, matthew mcconaughey, jon bonjovi, and notjust one taylor in the house, because taylor swift was there. barely a blank space on the arthur ashe stadium. but it all proved a bit too straightforward for sinner the world number one, barely troubled by fritz in his first ever grand slam final. there was a late charge in the third set with nearly two hours on the clock, fritz b

taylor fritz was bidding to become the first american man to win a grand slam title in more than 20 yearser of famous faces in attendance. among them, matthew mcconaughey, jon bonjovi, and notjust one taylor in the house, because taylor in the house, because taylor swift was there. barely a blank space on the arthur ashe stadium. but it all proved a bit to straightforward for sinner the world number one, barely troubled by fritz in his first ever grand slam final. there was a late charge in the third set with nearly two hours on the clock, which is breaking the sinner serve, the crowd on their feet, the sinner serve, the crowd on theirfeet, but the sinner serve, the crowd on their feet, but any hope of a comeback was short—lived, sinner wrapping up the match in three sets. he wrote his arms aloft, looked up to the sky and went to find his team. he dedicated the title in an emotional speech to his on two who isn't well. and the controversy in the build—up after he escaped a ban after twice testing positive for a banned substance. he said it hasn't been an easy time for his team. he apologi

late today, taylor fritz becoming the first american man to appear in a grand slam title in more than 15 years. but fritz coming up short, losing to number one seed jannik sinner from italy. ike ejiochi has more from flushing meadows. >> reporter: tonight, heartbreak for taylor fritz as he hoped to end a 20-year drought for american men at the u.s. open. sinner starting strong, taking the first set 6-3 winning 15 of the last 19 points of the set. >> that's it, first set to sinner. >> reporter: the italian forcing fritz to reach far to the right on this point, taking the second set 6-4. fritz, admirably coming back in the third set, but the challenge proving too much. on the final point, fritz hitting the ball into the net, sinner breaking his serve for championship point. >> it's been an amazing two weeks and first off, congrats to jannik. he played a great match. congrats to his team. it's really impressive. >> reporter: the crowd here electric. the last time americans were in the men and women's finals was in 2002. new york native jessica pegula falling in two hard fought sets last

taylor fritz is going about its business. this tournament. >> yeah.nd he's a twining came in as a 12 seed yannick is at one seed. so look a it'll be really interesting to see how that all plays out tomorrow. what are you going to be looking for well, what i'm going to be looking for is a competent start from taylor fritz, who has one of the biggest first surge in a beautiful forehand, his weapons need to work well against center. >> i thought sinner in the semifinals against jack prefer didn't play his best tennis. we know center came into the us with one of the biggest controversies when he had tested positive back in the spring to a banned substance, was able to explain it to the right to entities in the doping world so that he's been allowed to play. so he kind of started the tournament in a very disruptive way, but he's shown why he's number one, but i still think taylor fritz, he's going to invite the crowd in tomorrow. and taylor fritz, just like the gola starts to underdog as andy just mentioned. but i think taylor fritz has an even better chan

jannik sinner has won his second grand slam singles title, sweeping aside taylor fritz in straight setsalian, winning the australian open injanuary and rising to number one in the world injune. fritz was in his first major final and the long wait for an american man to win a grand slam goes on. from new york, here's our senior sports news correspondent laura scott. yannick is in a's remarkable season continues, he hasjust become the first italian man to win the us open men's singles title. ——jannik win the us open men's singles title. —— jannik sinner. taylor fritz was bidding to become the first american man to win a grand slam title in more than 20 years, a number of famous faces in attendance. among them, matthew mcconaughey, jon bonjovi, and notjust one taylor in the house, because taylor in the house, because taylor swift was there. barely a blank space on the arthur ashe stadium. but it all proved a bit to straightforward for sinner the world number one, barely troubled by fritz in his first ever grand slam final. there was

>> yeah everyone could definitely seed taylor fritz out there on the court and were rooting for them, jessica, but probably not the most famous taylor in. >> the stadium right because taylor swift was here as well with her boyfriend, travis kelce, patrick mahomes is why we're here in the same suite. they were able to be here because they played on thursday night it's. weak. and so they had sunday all, but there was actually a lot of cameras pointed at that sweet just to get taylor swift's reaction to everything. but the entire crowd is really behind taylor fritz. this entire match, they wanted to see him. finally in that long american drought, but it was just not meant to be today because giannis center was just masterful. he was flying baseline to baseline just outlasting fritz in many of the long rallies in any and he would win in straight sets, become the first italian man ever to win the u.s. open. and he actually swept the hardcore grand slam this year also when we australian open back in january great, and it's actually been quite challenging. few months for center. we learned r

the men's final today between jannik sinner and american taylor fritz.s after aryna sabalenka took the women's crown on saturday. abc's ike ejiochi is in queens, new york, with the details. good morning to you, ike. >> reporter: good morning, janai. it was a powerful performance. aryna sabalenka winning her third grand slam final and first u.s. open taking the title in a decisive two-set match. >> ladies and gentlemen, your 2024 u.s. open women's champion, aryna sabalenka. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: this morning, belarusian tennis player aryna sabalenka coming out on top in a tight match against jessica pegula winning the u.s. open's women's final. sabalenka defeating pegula 7-5, 7-5, in her third grand slam final and first u.s. open championship win. the packed arthur ashe stadium also hanging onto some gripping moments as pegula made her moves on the tennis court. pegula making things interesting, but sabalenka fighting back to win the first set, 7-5. by the second set, sabalenka's booming strokes proven too much for pegula. the last one, the

he broke taylor fritz�*s serve in the first game, he did break back but he managed to take that lastam—roll through it and when it in three sets but very late on it was a late... if it had beenjust a on it was a late... if it had been just a little on it was a late... if it had beenjust a little bit on it was a late... if it had been just a little bit flat and they were on their feet, they were cheering him hard because he was leading 5—3 but then it all really fell apart, sinner winning the next four games and taking the championship with it. he didn't do any wild celebration, he lifted his arms aloft up to the sky and then went to find his team. he gave a pretty emotional speech after dedicating it to his aunt who is not well, and also the controversy leading up to this tournament where he escaped a band despite twice testing positive for banned substances. fritz was also emotional, apologising to american fans not able to do it this time. we should point— not able to do it this time. we should point out of course, you jannik sinner is the first italian man to win a singles title i

i had to get up early, but tiafoe losing to taylor fritz. it went deep into the night. it's been a long time, so what do we expect from the finals here? >> it's crazy. hopefully an american will finally get a win, because andy roddick is so sick and tired of hearing about an american not winning a grand slam. it's been 22 years. last night's match with taylor and with tiafoe was really fantastic. unfortunately for frances he ran out of gas in the fifth set, and taylor was just a little more energetic, obviously has a bigger serve as well, and that really helped him, i think, get through that fifth set a little easier, but it was fantastic to see two young american guys who have grown up together going at it for five sets yesterday. they gave the crowd exactly what they wanted, and it was fabulous to see, and in the end that taylor got the win. >> whit: you can tell how much respect and admiration they have for each other too. after the match, that said, nobody wants to lose. >> no. >> whit: that's for sure, so fritz it is. let's move to the women's side, big matchup toda

tonight could be taylor fritz's night as he faces a history making moment for american men's tennis. but it was a heartbreaker for american jessica pegula, whose opponent, aryna sabalenka, fell to the court in tears after winning her first u.s. open title. aryna sabalenka, the new women's champion of the u.s. open, besting new yorker, jessica pegula, in a dogged, but friendly, match. >> that's it! >> it has been a dream of mine and finally i got this beautiful trophy. >> reporter: this was pegula's very first time in a grand slam final, an achievement that only a few months ago, she said could have never imagined. >> i knew it would be challenging and tough. she's super powerful. >> reporter: for sabalenka, who lost to coco gauff in last year's women's final, this was all about grit and determination. you came so close last year. what do you think made the difference this time? >> i think i needed that loss in the finals last year. it was a very tough one, a very emotional one, but i had to learn some lessons. >> reporter: now taylor fritz is the last american standing hoping to ace

likely to be going for taylor fritz. has been a pretty clear favourite since a lot of the big favourites like djokovic and carlos alcatraz went out early, jannik sinner has been the favourite, he came into this tournament on a weird footing after the international tennis integrity agency announced he had no fault or negligence in a doping case, there was this weird revelation on the eve of the tournament that was a strange cloud over three for sure, it has affected a bit of a buzz or the vibe at the us open this year around him and the enthusiasm for him but he has not been distracted by it, he has seemed very focused and determined and looks very level, he is in a similar situation to aryna sabalenka, if the american crowd can really get into it they can make it more competitive than it might be on paper. 0therwise, though i'd do trustjannik sinner�*s mentality trust jannik sinner�*s mentality to trustjannik sinner�*s mentality to shake it off more than aryna sabalenka's. to shake it off more than aryna sabalenka's— to

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creative player in francis tiafoe, and you have a more disciplined meat and potatoes player in taylor fritzner will then try to duplicate andy roddick's feat of 2003, the last time an american man won the title, something these two competitors hope to change this weekend. anne thompson, nbc news, queens. >>> and that is "nightly news" for this wednesday. thank you for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night.

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taylor fritz and our favorite, frances tiafoe.ny years ago when taylor fritz turned to tiafoe and said, i think you and i, buddy, are going to be number one and number two in the world. here they are going off against each other in the semis, at the u.s. open. undoubtedly, one will make it to the u.s. open. it will be tons of rallies, tons of tiafoe at the net, fritz's monster serve as well. i have been speaking to some folks that have been out and about here at the u.s. open. some of them have been drinking some honey juices, but nonetheless, i asked them, who are you rooting for tonight? they said, many of them, rooting for the underdog. granted, there are a lot of underdogs here because all the big names are out. sinner, of course, is number one so he's not underdog and favored to win. but tiafoe, very much on the minds of all the folks here at the open today. really rooting for the underdog. >> i love frances tiafoe, he has a great story, great attitude. and i love you, yasmin. i love you. >> love you. you like my hat? >> i re

jannik sinner has won his second grand slam singles title, sweeping aside taylor fritz in straight setsmeadows. it's been quite a year for the italian, winning the australian open injanuary and rising to number one in the world injune. fritz was in his first major final and the long wait for an american man to win a grand slam goes on. from new york, here's our senior sports news correspondent laura scott.

creative player in frances tiafoe, then you have a more disciplined meat and potatoes player in taylor fritzner will then try to duplicate andy roddick's feat of 2003, the last time an american man won the title, something these two competitors hope to change this weekend. anne thompson, nbc news, queens. >>> and that is "nightly news" for this wednesday. thank you for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. ht. [cheers and applause] ♪♪ i feel no shame ♪ ♪ i'm proud of where i came from ♪ ♪ i was born and raised in the boondocks ♪ ♪ and i can feel ♪ ♪ that muddy water running through my veins ♪ ♪ and i can hear that lullaby of a midnight train ♪ ♪ it sings to me and it sounds familiar ♪ ♪ i feel no shame ♪ ♪ i'm proud of where i came from ♪ ♪ i was born and raised in the boondocks ♪ ♪ one thing i know ♪ ♪ no matter where i go ♪ ♪ i keep my heart and soul in the boondocks ♪ ♪ working hard and having just a little enough. ♪ ♪ you can take it or you can leave it ♪ ♪ this is me, this is who i am ♪ ♪ give me a tin roof below a front porch and a gravel r

>> it was incredible. >> really cool. >> the funniest thing, we were rooting for the american, taylor fritzyelling taylor! we didn't want people to think we were yelling for taylor swift, so we were going taylor fritz. >> that was probably after a couple mimosas. >>> we have a lot to get to, starting with an amazing party in paris. >> yes. the olympic torch now passed to los angeles after a sparkly close to a 2024 paralympics. emilie ikeda joins us from paris. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to all of you. guys, paris sold a record-breaking 12.5 million tickets between the olympics and the paralympics. the games ended the same way they started in the pouring rain, but that weather didn't put a damper on what has been a summer of incredible competition. ♪ with electrifying performances and dazzling light displays all in the pouring rain, the paralympics closing ceremonies honored an historic two weeks in the city of love and this summer's golden couple, tara and hunter woodhall jumping to the podium at the olympics and paralympics. >> just having somebody else with you who understand

going to play, take a look.>> for taylor fritz, it's an american dream.day night.>> it is a dream come true, i'm in the finals, it is a reason i do what i do. it is the reason why i work so hard. >> reporter: it has been more than 20 years since the american man won any grand slam title. >> any american that can win the u.s. open i'm in favor of because the crowd will go nuts if that happens.>> reporter: on sunday, taylor fritz will face off against jannik, and in just a few hours, the highly anticipated women's final begins. >> it is a childhood dream, it's what i wanted when i was a kid.>> reporter: the american in her first grand slam final and with home-court advantage. >> to be able to overcome all those challenges and say that i get a chance at the title saturday is what we play for as players.>> reporter: for the fans, this is already a grand slam we will never forget. >> it is fantastic, i love just being here, the ambience, the energy, the positivity in the crowd.>> it really is an experience. >> reporter: alex, the last time an american man and

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coming up on the programme: finally, taylor fritz is a grand slam semi finalist — stunning the fourthi—ball. coach brendon mccullum will lead england's cricketers in all forms of the game from next year. and heartbreak for vout van aert at the vuelta a espana — as the green jersey holder is forced to abandon the race.

11 days of competition wessel antenna is the one younique's sit on has won the us open, beating taylor fritz to secure his 2nd grand slam title of the year. center received his trophy from 10 is legend. andre agassi, 23 year old is the 1st to tell the and to win the competition. he was only clear to compete just on the 3 weeks ago. off to being creative doping charges be watching, dw, and use as a reminder of our top story. the bands been outrage in turkey. officers start. he said they found the body of an 8 year old girl who had been missing for 19 days. prosecutors have detained more than 20 people. and that's it from me and business team. i have an update for you at the top of the out. i'm gonna have office in berlin from the of the team. thanks. the city is henry for the future. in south west telling the 32000000 people live here. many of them are young and then 3 and it's coming through making money, having fun stuff, september 19th on d. w by some simply because i was a bit chubby. people started to make comments.

you have taylor fritz and diafoe, and you have . tt taylor fritz and diafoe, and you have -_ have . it would then be the - first all-american men's grand slam first all—american men's grand slam semifinal since andre agassi's day. already, one american in the last four of the women's singles is emma navarro. the 23—year—old beat coco gauff at wimbledon. let the second set by five games to one, and it wasn't enjoyable viewing at all. sadly completely collapsed and navarro won 2a of the next 28 points. what a story. won the in cwa single title in herfreshman points. what a story. won the in cwa single title in her freshman year —— russell fuller, let's leave it before your signal completely collapses. many thanks indeed. time for a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. paul magnier won the opening stage of the tour of britain after a thrilling sprint finish in kelso. tom pidcock of the ineos grenadiers finished fourth, eight seconds behind the frenchman. wout van art, the man leading both the sprint and king of the mountains classifications at the vuelta

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carlos alcaraz has beaten taylor fritz to win the laver cup for team europe as they came back from 11. alexander zverev�*s earlier victory over francis tiafo, set up a winner takes all clash between alcaraz and fritz. the spaniard eased past the american in straight sets which took europe to 13 points, and they reclaimed the trophy for the first time since 2021. american billy horschel has won the pga tour championship for a second time following a dramatic three—way playoff. horschell, thriston lawrence and rory mcilroy all finished theirfinal round on 20 under par, with horschel looking to win the event at wentworth in southern england for the second time. he came close to winning it on the initial playoff round. horschel and mcilroy — who narrowly missed out at the us open and at last week's irish 0pen — were left in a two—horse race as the tournament reached its conclusion. horschel pipped the world number three to the title, completing the win with a fine eagle putt to lift the trophy he previously won in 2021. lydia ko won her 22nd title on the lpga tour after finishing five sho

that will be followed by the all—american clash between the number 12 seed taylor fritz and frances tiafoe in sundays us open final. at the paralympics in paris, britain's sarah storey has won a record—extending 19th paralympic gold medal. she beat french rider heidi gaugain, 27 years herjunior, in a thrilling sprint finish to the cycling road race. storey is now 46. quite incredibly, she won her first paralympic gold medal way back in 1992 in barcelona. to football because thursday was a very busy night for international fixtures. not for the first time in his career, its cristiano ronaldo who is making the headlines. he's become the first player to score 900 top—level career goals. the landmark came as his portugal side kicked off their nations league campaign with victory over croatia. it was a record—extending isist goalfor portugal, coming 20 years after his first. some really emotional celebrations from ronaldo after that goal. translation: today is a very, very special _ translation: today is a very, very special day _ translation: today is a very, very special day because - very sp

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there could be an all—american semifinal with taylor fritz also reaching the quarters on the same side number one scottie scheffler has capped a brilliant year, winning the season ending tour championship in atlanta and with it a 25 million dollar cheque. the american, who won olympic gold last month, and also his second masters earlier this year, finished on 30—under par. despite back to back bogeys on the front nine he still finished four clear of colin morikawa. he is the first player since tiger woods in 2007 to win seven events in a pga tour season. it's the fifth day of competition at the paralympics in paris, plenty more medals to be won across eight different sports. paragb currently lie second in the medal table behind china. they have 23 golds so far, 12 of them were won on sunday, the team's most successful day at the paralympic games this century. sabrina fortune secured her gold with a world record in the shot put. honestly, it feels like a dream. am a really paralympic champion now? after so many years of really hard work, it isjust after so many years of really hard work

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taylor fritz!lara: fritz winning in his 3.5 hour, four-set thriller. >> it was my time to take ate step further. it's only fitting i'm doing it here on this court at the open. >> lara: on the women's side, american emma navarro taking care of things in straight sets. navarro down 1-5 in the second -- >> navarro with the nerves. >> lara: but she turned it around, winning six straight games, rallying to advance to her first grand slam semiwhere she takes on last year's finalist. >> really happy with my performance today. crazy to be moving on to the semifinals, u.s. open, baby! >> lara: so happy for emma. looking ahead to today, a huge match for american jessica pagula. she will need to play lights out to upset the number one ranked player in the world. the winner of that matchup will move on to the semifinals. you can catch all of the quarter final action starting today at noon on espn. you know where i will be. >> michael: where? >> lara: right there. watching every bit of it. >> michael: i'll be r

there could be an all american semi—final with taylor fritz also reaching the quarters on the same sidethe draw. coco gauff was looking to become the first woman to successfully defend the us open title in ten years but had a really bad day at the office. 19 double faults and 60 unforced errors in herfourth round match against fellow american emma navarro. she lost in three sets. navarro, who was born in new york, is into the quarters at flushing meadows for the first time. golf's world number one scottie scheffler has capped a brilliant year, winning the season ending tour championship in atlanta and with it a $25 million cheque. the american, who won olympic gold last month and also his second masters earlier this year, finished on 30 under par. desouite back to back bogeys on the front nine, he still finished four clear of colin morikawa. he is the first player since tiger woods in 2007 to win seven events in a pga tour season. i made a lot of putts this year when i really needed to. some of the putts i made over the weekend, the players, and i made the back nine on sunday, i made th

current best tennis player in the world, and the first chance to win the championship , was against taylor fritz, the twelfth ranked american in the world, and with the superiority of the trip and the score of 63, 64, 7, 5 , he won the championship title. this is the second grand slam title of the 23-year-old star. the italian is after winning the australian open. the athletics competitions of the country's clubs in the men's section ended with the championship of karamashin. the third and final stage of the field competition of the country's clubs these days in the sunny sun is following the competition, which is the last serious test before the start of the national team camps. it is considered as the foundation and the holder of the olympic, world and asian medals is not lacking in it, but the athletes participating in the competitions still complain about the contracts. the condition of the contract is not good at all , it means that an athlete who comes to iran's seta gets a contract of 50 million. definitely, mr. haddadi is also with the club in this regard. they will definitely talk that

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it's an all american clash in the other mens semi as taylor fritz takes on frances tiafoe. left in the women's singles. emma navaro, who was born in new york city, will take on irena sabalenka whilejessica pegoola, also from the state, has set up a semi final match against czech player karolinamoocava after stunning world number one egar svee—on—tech 6—2 6—4. about facing karolina muchova. she is tough, great athlete. like i said, does not have a lot of weaknesses. she has been deepin lot of weaknesses. she has been deep in these slams before so i am sure, ifeel like deep in these slams before so i am sure, i feel like she deep in these slams before so i am sure, ifeel like she is kind ofjust happy to be back playing. when you play players like that, they can be really dangerous. so, we had a tough match and i will try to look back at that match at what i did well and what i need to do tomorrow night. i am sure, i think our levels, both of our levels will probably be a bit higher than that match. so we will see how it goes. higher than that match. 50 we will see how it goes

open jannik sinner defeated american taylor fritz in straight sets to take the u.s.. sinner is the first italian player to win dashing fritz's hope of being the first american man to win a grand slam since andy roddick in 2003. look who was there, that is taylor swift with her boyfriend, kansas city chiefs star travis kelce in the stands. also this weekend, aryna sabalenka defeated american jessica pegula, winning her first u.s. open championship and third grand slam title of her career. >>> and paris bids adieu to the summer olympics with an epic paralympic closing ceremony. a dazzling fireworks display lit up the night sky sunday with the -- with the stade de france lit up in blue, white, and red. the colors of the french national flag. paralympic flag bearers made their way into the stadium closing out the back-to-back summer games. >>> we'll be right back. mmer ga. >>> we'll be right back. you might wonder, john legend, how do you keep your voice sounding so... ...legendary? honey! and how do i keep my protection against covid-19 up to date? with a covid shot thi

so that men's final not long underway between home favourite taylor fritz, and the world number one jannikars. the celebrities are courtside including taylor swift and travis kelce. you can listen to that one live over on bbc 5 live right now. the 2024 great north run took place this morning under grey skies in the north east of england. a crowd of 60,000 gathered at the start line ahead of the amateur race which begins in newcastle, before heading through gateshead and south tyneside. and then finishing up in south shields. the men's professional race was won by abel kipchumba, and in the women's race kenya's mary ngugi—cooper won after a sprint finish, with britain's eilish mccolgan in fifth. that's all for now from sportsday, but before we go... scotla nd scotland against portugal is under way. you can keep up to that on the bbc sport website. so with top flight domestic football taking a breakfor the internationals, this week's football news show takes a look at how the start of the season has gone. three games into the premier league, and there are familiar, and developing stories, as

taylor the australian open. fritz fritz has broken centre in the first set and he is serving for that third set to keep himself alive in what is his first grand slam final. jannik sinner won the australian open, his maiden grand slam title at the start of the year, but fritz is making a real match of it now, serving for the third set. lot's more nations league football across europe. denmark have made it two wins out of two in the top tier of the competition — they beat serbia 2—0. also in the top tier, portugal have equalised through bruno fernandes against scotland. spain are the holders — they are down to ten men against switzerland in geneva but lead 2—1. these matches are all approaching full—time. they are about 15 minutes away from full time. in sweden going well against estonia there in the third tier of the competition. also wins for slovakia, belarus and bulgaria. england's perfect record this summer is under threat after a batting collapse on the third day of the final test against sri lanka at the oval. th

. >> open, longtime friends taylor fritz, and frances tiafoe facing each other, but only one would beble to break a generational curse and become the first american man and nearly two decades to reach the final in new york. this one was a classic tiafoe taking two of the first three sets, but that's when he started to run out of gas and fridge it's just getting started winning the fourth set and then he turned on the afterburners in the fifth, taking it six, won the emotion just pouring out as taylor fritz is heading to his first major, final it's the reason why i do what i do. it's the reason why it works hard man, i'm in the files it's a dream come true. i'm in the final cell come out and i'm like now i give everything i possibly have and i know that's from that for a fact on monday i gave it everything i can the new york crowd loving that waiting for him world number one, jannik sinner, who had a much easier time in his semi against the brit jack draper even if he quite literally tripped himself up along the way, the reigning u.s. open champ running all over the court stumbling to

he'll play fellow american taylor fritz in the semifinals making it the first all-american semifinalsince 2005. fritz upset number four-seed alexander zverev. another american, emma navarro, advanced to her first grand slam semifinals. she beat paula badosa in straight sets. navarro will face number two seed aryna sabalenska in the semis. she cruised to an easy victory over paris olympic gold medalist qinwen zheng. >>> the tiktok trend you're urged not to try and trouble in the sky for one airline. here's shanelle kaul with today with's cbs "moneywatch." >> reporter: a rough start to september trading as stocks closed in the red tuesday. the dow lost 626 points. the nasdaq was down 577, and the s&p 500 lost 119 points. >>> trouble for cafe pacific. the hong kong airline says 15 of its planes need replacement engines. the company ordered inspections on all 48 of its airbus a-350 jets after an engine problem forced a switzerland-bound flight to return back to hong kong. the airline has been forced to cancel dozens of flights this week. it hopes to have full service up and running by sa

taylor fritz trying to become the first american to win the final in over 20 years.talian jannik sinner beat him in straight sets for his second major. he won the australian open in january, so a major to start and a major to end. congratulations to him and that is sports. dion i know you're just so excited about the football right. >> well let's pivot to tennis because i was thinking now because of taylor swift there's all these new tennis fans. no. >> are you one of those new tennis fans? no. >> i have been a tennis fan for a long time. i've been there, i've been there. no, no, but it has kind of fun, you know, counting how many taylor swift appearances, seeing them in attendance? >> yes. >> you just never expect it. i'll answer your football thing later. okay. okay. thanks j.r. thank you. well coming up art is in the eye of the beholder tonight making its way from the bathroom to the sky. we'll see why some folks are hating where there was only one pediatrician to serve more than 10,000 children. daniel lurie said, i'm going to help. we opened a clinic for our mos

taylor fritz antd tiafoe will take center stage in an all-american match. >> friday's going to be oneened? 2005. tiafoe and fritz were just 7 years old. >> that's going to be a lot of fun. and that's just going to be electric. >> reporter: at least one american woman is through to the semi-finals, too. 23-year-old emily navarro. >> crazy. u.s. open, baby! >> reporter: fritz and tiafoe play friday. so, are we seeing pizzazz versus poison friday night? >> yes, and, on the court, you have an extremely creative player in francis tiafoe and a meat and poetatoes player in fritz. >> reporter: the winner will then try to duplicate the speed of 20203, the last time an american man won the title, something these two competitors hope to change this weekend. anne thompson, nbc news. >>> woman with a diploma, 80 years in the making. she should have graduated with the class of 1944 but had to drop out of school to work and help her family during world war ii. she is grateful that her friends and family were there and that she was finally granted her wish to graduate. >> it means an awful lot, becau