 Carlos Elcores vs Francis Tiarfo is the second semi-final for the men's US Open for 2022. And both guys have had different roads to get to the semi-finals. Tiarfo enter the tournament as the 22nd seed and will take on Countryman Giron in the first round. After a tight first set, he'd eventually prevail in straight 7-6-6-4-6-3. In the second round, he take on Koopla and after a couple of tight sets, Tiarfo eventually prevailed in straights 7-6-7-5-7-6. In the third round, he take on the 14th seed Diego Schwarzman who had played well at the US Open prior. And after a very close first set, Tiarfo got through in straights 7-6-6-4-6-4. In the fourth round, he take on the second seed Rafa Nadal who had been a little patchy up to this stage. And after splitting the first two sets, it was Tiarfo who got the win in the fourth, taking out Rafa in his biggest win of his career 6-4-4-6-6-4-6-3 to advance to his first US Open quarter-final. In the quarter-finals, Tiarfo would take on the number 9 seed Rublev who he had played an epic match against the previous year at the US Open. And after a very close couple of sets in the first two sets, Tiarfo would eventually get through in straight 7-6-7-6-6-4 to get to his first Grand Slam semi-final. Carlos Elcores entered the tournament as the number 3 seed and will play Baez in the first round. And after the first sets being very close, Baez eventually retired in the third with Elcores getting through 7-5-7-5-2 love retirement. In the second round, he'd take on another Argentinian Correa who couldn't put up a fight against Elcores with Espana getting through in 3-6-2-6-1-7-5. In the third round, he'd take on the American Brooksby who had been very impressive to this stage, beating Borna Chorich along the way. But Elcores was too good getting through in straight sets 6-3-6-3-6-3. In the fourth round, he'd take on former US Open champion and 15th seed Marin Chilich. And after winning two of the first three sets, Chilich made him work, pushing Elcores into the four hour mark and five sets with Elcores eventually prevailing 6-4-3-6-6-4-4-6-6-3 to get to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Elcores would take on the number 11 seed Sinner who had beaten in the last two times that they played. And after going down two sets of 1 and facing a match point, Elcores would eventually prevail in a five hour record breaking match to finish later than any other match at the US Open. Getting through in 5-6-3-6-7-6-7-7-5-6-3 to get to his first semifinal at a slam. These two have only played the once before and that was in Barcelona last year with Tiafoe getting the straight sets win. But a lot has changed since that time. The last 12 months Elcores has taken his game to a new level and he is playing for the world number one ranking if he can win the whole thing. If Tiafoe is going to win, he needs to play aggressive and he needs to use the crowd. He's been doing that so well, especially against Rublev and Rafa in the last two rounds. So he needs to use the crowd and be aggressive before Elcores can get aggressive on him. If Elcores is going to win, he needs to be aggressive from the start and try and get the crowd on his side somehow. It's going to be hard against an American but the crowd seem to like Elcores as they did against Sinner. It was very interesting to see how the crowd responded. So he's going to have to be flashy, he's going to have to use variety, a lot of drop shots, a lot of volleys, a lot of lobs. We'll see how he goes though. This is very tough for me to pick because Elcores is coming off an epic match against Sinner and Tiafoe has only lost one set. So I'm going to go with Tiafoe just based on the fitness alone. Elcores is young, he's probably going to be fit enough to play the whole match. But I'm going to go with Tiafoe to get to the final and be the first American male in the final of the US Open for over a decade. Let me know down in the comments below, who do you think is going to win this semi-final?