 Francis Tiafo vs Ben Shelton is the first quarterfinal for the men's US Open for 2023. And both guys have been very impressive to get to this stage. Shelton entered the tournament unseated and would take on Cashion in the first round. And after dropping the first set, would fight back to win 1-6-6-3-6-2-6-4. In the second round he'd take on Dominic Teem. And after a close first set, Teem would have to retire 6-7-6-1-love retirement. In the third round he'd take on Carrotsev. And after splitting the first two sets, Shelton would come back to win 6-4-3-6-6-2-6-love. In the fourth round he'd take on Tommy Paul. A man that he'd played in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open earlier in the season. After taking the first two sets, Shelton would eventually get through in 4-6-4-6-3-4-6-6-4 to advance to another Grand Slam quarterfinal. Tiafo entered the tournament as the number 10 seed. And would take on the wild card Tien in the first round. There's no problem getting through in straights 6-2-7-5-6-1. In the second round he'd take on Ovner. And again impressive from Tiafo getting through in straights 6-3-6-1-6-4. In the third round he'd take on Manorino, the 22nd seed. After dropping the first set, Tiafo would narrowly miss playing a 5th. Getting through in 4-4-6-6-2-6-3-7-6. In the fourth round he'd take on the wild card Hichikata. And again Tiafo demolishing an unseeded player. Getting through in straights 6-4-6-1-6-4 to get to another quarterfinal of the US Open. These guys have actually never played before so it will be interesting to see because they are very similar in styles. They love to get the crowd on their side and they love to hit great shots. So it's going to be really fun to see these guys going at it for the first time. And they're also very good friends. If Shelton's going to win this one, he needs to get smart with his game. He's a little bit erratic at times. We saw that against Paul. He was up 4-1 in the third and lost it at 6-4. So he needs to be really, really smart about this. And try not to get too fancy and try not to get too showy to the crowd and kind of be a bit of a show-off. And try not to win the crowd over by hitting crazy shots. If Tiafo's going to win this one, he also needs to keep his concentration like Shelton because he does sometimes want to just entertain rather than win matches. And he is trying to defend the semifinal from last year. Back-to-back semifinals with Tiafo was massive. He also needs to serve well because we know that Shelton has a cannon of a serve. So he needs to hold his own on his serve. I feel like this match is going to be so much fun to watch. We are going to see a lot of highlights come out of this one. And these guys are going to have a lot of fun out there in front of this crowd. But I've got to go up with Tiafo based on experience. I think he wins this one in five. It's going to be an absolute classic though. And I reckon that Tiafo just a little bit of an edge at the end knowing that he's been to this stage before and won this stage before. I think he might get the win over Shelton with experience. But let me know down in the comments below who's making the semis.