Sept 9 (Reuters) - Latest news from the 12th day of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Friday (all times GMT):

Sept 10 (Gracenote) - Results from the U.S. Open Men's Singles Semifinal matches on Friday

NEW YORK (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic scrapped his way into the U.S. Open final for a seventh time on Friday with a confounding 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-2 win over enigmatic Frenchman Gael Monfils.

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Order of play in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the U.S. Open on Saturday (prefix numbers denote seeding):

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Tennis Association has joined in the partnership launching the new Laver Cup team competition and will help stage the second edition of the event in the United States in 2018.

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Second seed Angelique Kerber of Germany will take on 10th-seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova in Saturday's U.S. Open women's singles final. The following is the road to the final taken by each player (prefix denotes seeding):

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Factbox on Czech Karolina Pliskova, who will contest her first grand slam singles final in the U.S. Open women's final on Saturday against second-seeded German Angelique Kerber.

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Factbox on Germany's Angelique Kerber, who will contest her first U.S. Open women's singles final on Saturday against Czech 10th seed Karolina Pliskova.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Croatia's Mate Pavic and Germany's Laura Siegemund claimed the first silverware of the U.S. Open on Friday, landing the mixed doubles title with a 6-4 6-4 upset win over the seventh-seeded U.S. partnership of Rajeev Ram and Coco Vandeweghe.