American Jen Brady is the first woman into the U.S. Open semifinals, reaching the final four of a Grand Slam for the first time at age 25.
Brady, the 28th seed, swept 23rd seed Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-2 in Tuesday’s first quarterfinal.
Before this week, Brady’s farthest major runs came in 2017, when she made the fourth round at the Australian Open and U.S. Open, three years after turning pro out of UCLA.
Brady has been strong all season, beating top-ranked Ash Barty of Australia before the pandemic, then winning her first WTA title last month in Lexington, Ky.