Emma Raducanu is the first qualifier to reach the US Open semi-finals in the Open era, after the 18-year-old beat Belinda Bencic in straight sets to continue her remarkable run in New York ©Getty Images

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Including qualification, the Briton has now won eight consecutive matches at the tournament without dropping a set ©Getty Images
Including qualification, the Briton has now won eight consecutive matches at the tournament without dropping a set ©Getty Images


For Switzerland's Bencic - the Olympic champion - the wait for a maiden Grand Slam title goes on, with this the third time she has reached the US Open last eight ©Getty Images
For Switzerland's Bencic - the Olympic champion - the wait for a maiden Grand Slam title goes on, with this the third time she has reached the US Open last eight ©Getty Images


Raducanu is the second teenager into the semi-finals, after Canadian Leylah Fernandez ©Getty Images
Raducanu is the second teenager into the semi-finals, after Canadian Leylah Fernandez ©Getty Images


Last year's men's singles runner-up Alexander Zverev - also an Olympic champion - is likewise into the final four ©Getty Images
Last year's men's singles runner-up Alexander Zverev - also an Olympic champion - is likewise into the final four ©Getty Images


South African Lloyd Harris' first Grand Slam quarter-final ended in a 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 loss to the German ©Getty Images
South African Lloyd Harris' first Grand Slam quarter-final ended in a 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 loss to the German ©Getty Images