Kevin Anderson dashes America’s hopes as he beat Sam Querrey
South Africa’s Kevin Anderson ended American hopes in the men’s singles as he beat Sam Querrey to reach the United States open semi-finals.
Anderson won 7-6, 7-5, 6-7, 9-11, 6-3, 7-6, 9-7 at flushing meadows to reach his first major semi-final.
The 28th seed will take on Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta in the last four after the 12th seed beat Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-4 6-4 6-2.
Anderson clinched victory after three hours and 26 minutes in another gripping tie-break.
He becomes the first South African to reach a grand slam semi-final since Wayne Ferreira at the 2003 Australian open.