Two more Americans face off in Tuesday's other men's quarter-final, with charismatic 11th seed Frances Tiafoe taking on 22-year-old Alex Michelsen. Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka hits balls to the crowd after defeating Czech Republic's Linda Noskova in their women's singles quarter-final tennis match on day ten of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on September 8, 2026. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka rallied in the final set to beat Linda Noskova in a match tiebreaker on Tuesday and reach a sixth straight US Open semi-final.Sabalenka triumphed 7-6 (7/1), 3-6, 7-6 (10/7) over the 21-year-old Wimbledon champion, striking 42 winners but converting just two of her nine break point chances against the resilient Czech in a fierce duel on Arthur Ashe Stadium.Trailing 4-2 in the third, Sabalenka appeared headed for another Grand Slam disappointment in a season in which she has so far been unable to add to her stash of four major titles.Clearly frustrated, Sabalenka nevertheless regrouped and broke Noskova to love to pull level at 4-4. They hurtled to the tiebreaker -- where Sabalenka dropped the first two points before climbing back and finally sealed victory with a courageous second-serve ace.Noskova fired 18 aces -- 46 winners in all -- as she became the first player to take a set off Saba...
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