Stephens delighted the public by accessing the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows

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Tennis player Sloane Stephens

New York — Sloane Stephens delighted the audience by surprising the Latvian Anastasija Sevastova 6-3, 3-6 and 7-6 (4) Tuesday, reaching the semi-finals of International tennis in the United States.

The American 24-year-old, 83rd in the world, and moved off the road the 16th head series.

Stephens has never been behind in the tie-breaker, where Sevastova has committed five unforced errors. Stephens shined with hit a winner crosscourt, to 2-1, and then she has triumphed with a superb backhand in parallel.

Stephens reaches the semi-finals of the tournament to new york for the first time in his career.

Each player has won four breaks, and the comparison of the shots, winners and unforced errors was also very tight : 31-25 for the American, 39-41 for the Latvian.

Stephens will next rival her compatriot Venus Williams or the Czech Petra Kvitova, who crossed the iron on Tuesday night.

In men, the Spanish Pablo Carreno Busta prevailed 6-4, 6-4, and 6-2 against Argentine Diego Schwartzman.

Two days after you have eliminated the young Canadian Denis Shapovalov in three sets of 7-6, Carreno Busta, 12th head of the series, is spent in the semi-final of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.

Carreno Busta has not lost a round in New York this year. In the semi-final, he will face the American Sam Querrey (17th) or the South African Kevin Anderson (28th), who concluded the evening’s program, on Tuesday.

Querrey has the chance to become the first American to carve out a place in the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows since Andy Roddick in 2006.