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Ons Jabeur executed a stunning 6-1 6-3 demolition of Caroline Garcia in the U.S. Open semi-finals on Thursday, ending the Frenchwoman's hot streak to reach her second Grand Slam final in a row.
Not since Andy Roddick in 2003 has a US man won the title at Flushing Meadows and the pressure was on for the 24-year-old Frances Tiafoe to build on his stunning win over second seed Rafa Nadal in the fourth round.
It will be her second straight US Open semifinal after a convincing 6-1 7-6(4) win over the Czech star.
Alcaraz, last year's quarterfinalist, remained on course for another memorable run at Flushing Meadows after squeezing past 2014 champion Cilic to set up a showdown against Jannik Sinner.
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek was made to work by American Lauren Davis before sealing a 6-3, 6-4 win to reach the fourth round at New York for the second straight year.
Venus lost to Alison Van Uytvanck and Emma Raducanu was defeated by Aliz Cornet. Osaka lost to Danielle Collins.
She also was simply outplayed by Cornet, a 32-year-old from France who beat past major champions Simona Halep at the Australian Open, Jelena Ostapenko at the French Open and Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon, ending the No. 1-ranked woman's 37-match winning streak at Wimbledon.
The US Open draw did Serena no favours, the 40-year-old American landing in the bottom quarter where fifth-seeded Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the Wimbledon runner-up, 10th-seeded Daria Kasatkina and last year's losing finalist Leylah Fernandez all lurk.
After battling through qualifying, Garcia beat three top-10 world-ranked opponents, Maria Sakkari, Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula, on the way to the final where she delivered a master class against Czech Kvitova.
In the men's section, world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev and fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas defused big-serving American threats Taylor Fritz and John Isner to reach the semifinals.