NEW YORK, Sept 4, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Taylor Fritz became the third American to reach the men's US Open quarter-finals on Sunday after a straight-sets win over Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker.

The 10th seed knocked out world number 128 Stricker 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 6-4 and will play 23-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic or Croatia's Borna Gojo in the last eight.

Fritz, 25, is through to his second Grand Slam quarter-final after making the last eight at Wimbledon a year ago.

He joins compatriots Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton in the next round after emulating his mother Kathy May's run to the US Open quarter-finals in 1978.