Tiafoe Logs 16 Hours at US Open Semi as Shelton Covers 44,143 Feet
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Updated · The Guardian · Sep 11
Tiafoe Logs 16 Hours at US Open Semi as Shelton Covers 44,143 Feet
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Sep 11
Summary
16hr 3min on court has carried Frances Tiafoe into the US Open semi-final, the fourth-longest route to the last four since ATP match-time tracking began in 1991.
15hr 41min has gone into Ben Shelton’s run, leaving little freshness gap before their meeting after both survived five-set quarter-finals.
19 sets for Tiafoe and 20 for Shelton underline the attritional buildup, with Shelton also covering 44,143ft during the tournament against Tiafoe’s 39,472ft.
That workload leaves the all-American semi-final set up as a potential endurance test as much as a shotmaking contest.