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- Shelton reaches the final! This is The Sports Reset for Saturday September 12th In ATP tennis at the U.S. Open, Ben Shelton beat Frances Tiafoe in four sets, advancing to his first major final and eliminating his fellow American. Shelton delivered 20 aces, then closed the match when sustained pressure forced Tiafoe into a double fault on match point. Alexander Zverev swept Karen Khachanov, winning a 34-shot rally to seal the second-set tiebreak before rallying from 5 2 down in the third-set tiebreak. In WTA tennis, Elena Rybakina recovered from a set down to eliminate Coco Gauff in three. In MLB, the Milwaukee Brewers clinched a playoff berth by beating the Cincinnati Reds 20 to 0, while Junior Caminero’s ninth-inning homer sent the Tampa Bay Rays past the Houston Astros 3 to 1 and into the postseason. In college football, the Missouri Tigers pulled away from the Kansas Jayhawks, 38 to 21. Looking ahead, in WTA tennis, Aryna Sabalenka faces Elena Rybakina today for the U.S. Open championship. Sabalenka is chasing a third consecutive title in New York, while Rybakina will become world No. 1 on Monday regardless of the result and already beat Sabalenka in this year’s Australian Open final. In LPGA golf, the United States and Europe resume the Solheim Cup tied at 4 after Carlota Ciganda’s 12-foot par putt secured Europe’s final half-point Friday. In college football, the top game sends the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes to the No. 4 Texas Longhorns, with Julian Sayin coming off 320 passing yards and three touchdowns in the opener. The Oklahoma Sooners also visit the Michigan Wolverines. Sunday’s ATP final brings Shelton against Zverev, with Shelton trying to become the first American man since 2003 to win a major singles title. Beyond the scoreboard, federal prosecutors have reportedly opened a criminal inquiry into allegations that the Los Angeles Clippers arranged secret sponsorship payments for Kawhi Leonard outside the NBA salary cap.