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- Tiafoe rallies into semifinals! This is The Sports Reset for Wednesday September 9th In tennis, Frances Tiafoe erased a two-set deficit and beat Alex Michelsen in five sets to reach the US Open semifinals, eliminating his fellow American after four hours and 40 minutes. Tiafoe steadied himself in the deciding tiebreak, firing a 135-mile-per-hour ace before closing the match with a passing shot. Aryna Sabalenka also advanced in three sets over Linda Noskova, breaking back at love in the third and finishing with an ace to keep her three-peat bid alive. In MLB, Travis Bazzana’s three-run homer powered the Cleveland Guardians past the Baltimore Orioles, 9 to 5, securing the season-series tiebreaker and keeping Cleveland in the final American League wild-card position. The Houston Astros held off the Philadelphia Phillies, 6 to 5, while the Milwaukee Brewers edged the Chicago Cubs, 4 to 3. Up next, the NFL season opens Wednesday night with the New England Patriots visiting the defending champion Seattle Seahawks in only the third Week 1 Super Bowl rematch in league history. Seattle receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba enters after a 119-catch, 1,793-yard season, while New England quarterback Drake Maye gets his first regular-season chance to work with new target A.J. Brown against a defense that led the league in third-down stops. At the US Open, Ben Shelton eliminated Carlos Alcaraz in five sets for his first victory in four meetings with the second seed, and Jessica Pegula overcame Emma Navarro in three. Shelton meets Tiafoe on Thursday, guaranteeing an American man in the final. In MLB, the Cleveland Guardians and Baltimore Orioles finish their series Wednesday with the final American League wild-card position still central to the matchup. Off the field, Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ended their summer contract standoff with a three-year, 165 million dollar extension through 2029, the richest deal in franchise history.