Taylor Fritz and Sebastian Korda are looking for fresh starts to their seasons in Dallas

The Dallas Cowboys once called themselves—erroneously, from this Philadelphia fan’s perspective—America’s Team. The Dallas Open, though, may have a legitimate claim to the title “America’s Tournament.” Seventeen of the 32 players who started the week there were from the United States, including the top two seeds, Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton.

But the home court advantage hasn’t helped. As we head into Friday’s quarterfinals, only three US players remain—Fritz, Shelton, and Sebastian Korda. Here’s a look ahead at those four matches, with a special emphasis on the all-American showdown, which features two guys looking for a fresh start to their seasons.

Taylor Fritz vs. Sebastian Korda

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Injuries are the bane of every athlete—as well as anyone who tries to write about them.

That’s because physical ailments don’t leave you with much to write about. When players are hurt, there’s no way to praise, criticize, or even analyze their shotmaking or decision making, mental strength or technical skill. The best you can do is wonder whether they need to fire their physio.

All of which means it’s hard to know what to make of Taylor Fritz’s 2026 so far. Right out of the gate in Australia, the top-ranked American man had problems with tendinitis in his right knee. And those issues have continued to nag him at inopportune moments. His knee flared up in his defeat to Lorenzo Musetti in Melbourne, and again in his close first-round win over Marcos Giron in Dallas earlier this week.