Carreño Busta edges Shapovalov in 5 sets to reach Open semis

[ASFN Admin]

It took five sets and more than four hours, all the way until past 1 a.m. on Wednesday, for Pablo Carreno Busta to reach the U.S. Open semifinals for a second time. One match after advancing when No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic was disqualified in the first set, the 20th-seeded Carreno Busta expended a lot more energy and outlasted Denis Shapovalov 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), 0-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows. At least he'll get a chance to rest up before playing Friday against No. 5 seed Alexander Zverev in the semifinals.

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