Blanch through at US Open semifinals after two sets vs Hance

Dali Blanch reached the US Open final in unusual fashion, the semifinal ending after two sets with the American ahead on the scoreboard, having taken the opener 6-3 before Keaton Hance struck back 6-1. Blanch's serve was the more productive weapon: he landed only 55.3 percent of first deliveries but won 84.6 percent of those points, and 66.7 percent behind the second. Hance was steady at 56.5 percent first serves in and 80.8 percent won, yet five double faults against Blanch's two kept handing back cheap ground. For Blanch, it was a place in the final on home soil.