Taylor Fritz Upsets Alexander Zverev in US Open Quarterfinal | TC Live

look at the new territory for Taylor Fritz first major semi-final how about this 26 years 310 days old the oldest US man to make his major semi-final debut at the US Open in the open era it's a wild stat he's still so young two straight top five wins in Majors started 0 for n there this guy went toe to- toe in Baseline rallies didn't Flinch in the biggest moments said this just felt different peros it wasn't like I'm happy to be here I want to do more and we saw that in the match the biggest thing for me is when the stakes are so high to be able to stay so patient throughout he really had to wait for his opportunities there were some very extended rallies here with Zev his shot tolerance was brilliant his shot selection was amazing you didn't really see him choosing any bad shots throughout the entire match whether he made it or missed it they all seem to be the right shot selection pulling the trigger when he needed to and he's gotten so much more comfortable at the net some of those big points he found himself at the net John pointed it out had to put away a few smashes to close out that first set and really solid technique up there when he's adding that element to his already impressive Baseline game that makes him a much more complete threat yeah we talked about the serving that Taylor Fritz needed to bring and he did bring it Zev though he can serve big as well I think a big portion of that match that stood out for me was the controlled aggression that Taylor Fritz exhibited we saw at times verev a little further back behind the Baseline playing a Little More Meek tennis and not really stepping up maybe looking for Fritz to miss miss or you know to pull the trigger too early and to overplay and it just did not happen over the course of that match you had a few moments where we saw Fritz Miss but they were good misses and I think overall that was the mindset that really came into play he came in with the right mindset he knew what he needed to do especially having beaten Zev at the previous major and he just executed to Perfection and that is not easy to do on that big of a stage that big of an occasion trying to get to your first major semi-final when we use the phrase controlled aggression sometimes it seems like the tennis cliche that was a clinic in controlled aggression there was Poise there was sound decision making but he was also the aggressor in that match we look at verev comes in a lot of hype best player never to win a major the gold chains and this guy was on his back feet I mean it was ver of who was playing defensive tennis and uh Taylor Fritz just absolutely seized that occasion now he joins the three other Americans as major semi-finalists and I like the way this has just been a slow build and look there advantages to Making a Splash and cannonballing in the pool and becoming a sensation the slow build though is built to last and that was Taylor Fritz and we'll see if he's got two more matches in him it's been building for a long time John listen before yesterday Taylor and his mom Kathy May seven major quarterfinals the family is in the final four for the first time