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Step back and look at it, and then take a breath and smile. It’s real. No one made it up, or rigged the tournament. There wasn’t any cheating—the Boston Red Sox weren’t even involved. Women’s tennis in America just had its strongest tournament in more than 30 years, a total victory at the U.S. Open—and the final isn’t even until Saturday.

At the U.S. Open, American women have run the table. When Madison Keys won her quarterfinal on Wednesday evening, she became the fourth American woman to reach the semifinals at this…