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Kevin Anderson is first South African to enter Slam semis in 14 years

Updated on: 07 September,2017 08:38 AM IST  |  New York
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Kevin Anderson defeated Sam Querrey to become the first South African to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for 14 years

Kevin Anderson is first South African to enter Slam semis in 14 years

Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson


Kevin Anderson defeated Sam Querrey to become the first South African to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for 14 years.


Anderson, 31, defeated Querrey 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (9/11), 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) in the US Open quarter-finals.


Not since Wayne Ferreira at the 2003 Australian Open has a South African made the last four at a Slam, while Cliff Drysdale in 1965 was the last man to do so in New York, when the tournament was still amateur.

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