Gregor diit to serve ready play 51 [Applause] 30 l [Applause] [Applause] dra he's an all Court player isn't he he really is kind of a link from the past of tennis to the modern era you could see him easily playing a beautiful brand of tennis with a wood racket couldn't you yes very much and he truly came to dislike the nickname baby fed he was compared to Roger feder who's watching this match at first he thought it was a great compliment then it became something he didn't like at all not good or fair to be compared to what he said and he's no longer a baby tfo's game is much more homemade no Textbooks For What Francis does with his forehand and serve but highly effective oh 14 1 how you diffuse a situation talo took over in this point with that backand didn't do enough with this approach though a little too safe and he was just stuck there but that was a terrific shot there were lots of options demit could have hit a short angle crosscourt pass ripped it line but he just lofted that one perfectly lad for Serv use [Applause] [Music] [Applause] man is that what this match is going to look like Advantage de certainly expect a lot of net approaches from for both of these guys they both like to finish in the four court and who's better at that thinking yeah it's close it's close what do you think I think it's close maybe demitro but TFO loves it up there he's got some beautiful touch on the short short stuff There's real fed he's really let himself go yeah that's it's hard to see it's hard to see five time Champion I believe is what they credited on his credential that he was given by tournament director and CEO of pro tennis Stacy alist upon arrival yeah 2003 to 2008 y he'll be man in the con at uh Laver cup as well he and Tony godi there's another Roger up there yeah Roger Goodell NFL Commissioner labor cup upcoming so they'll be in Berlin couple weeks time for the next iteration [Applause] game deit just looking opening game took a while but Gregor demitro game [Applause] oh oh love 15 we talk about all the American men and women who've had nice runs at this year's US Open you want an all American story sure Francis tfu his parents refugees of war from the African nation of Sierra [Applause] Leon his parents came to the America with no money no prospects certainly no clue about [Applause] tennis uh as a construction worker help build the jtcc sure there's a watch party going on there there right now love that place then he became the 12 acres two dozen three dozen quarts he was the grounds keeper the custodian the maintenance guy working so much there he slept there overnight with Francis and his twin brother Franklin cuz their mom was working at nursing home she was working over that's how Francis came to tennis watching tennis all around him [Applause] he and his brother would sleep there at the club on the massage tables he lived there basically Game T it's good hold for fanis and fanis is an All-American story isn't it so many of our wonderful players in the last in modern memory come from first generation American families Pete SAS and they immigrated from Greece Andre Agassi from Iran you can go down a list even in Canada Felix o Al aim and a shavala you've got you've got a lot of examples Francis is part of that Legacy they come from the opportunities and the kids are taking them for service what an opportunity this tournament's turning out to be for him yeah love 15 [Applause] really look at a break L 13 very predatory returning from TFO getting up tight to the Baseline when he can and these Miss first serves are helping that Francis has won three out of the Four Points when demitro has had to hit a second serve look how tight he is on this return to the Baseline oh and he was that was going to be a clean winner to get him 40 the off backand just clipping the tape but talk about an investment play he's already pulled one down the line followed it to the net he was taking that one coming in as well that is intimidation M and it might pay a divid him with some double faults down the line 30 on David wit has been a nice add to the TFO team hasn't he 1403 [Applause] [Applause] demitro did have a period in his career where double faults became a problem for him really struggled with it it was right after he'd won the the year in championships in London he had the biggest win of his career and then the next season lost his way with his second serve and it hasn't really been much of a problem for him this year but you just wonder in high stress moments if the problem doesn't reappear at times tfo's certainly making him think about it he's putting pressure on him with that cour position in his intent is a chance for the American to stri [Music] [Applause] yes that was crafty from Gregor was he saw him coming in didn't he that's that that's that slice backand you're talking about Jim that could be a headache for tifo [Applause] tonight L for service and Vonage diit deuse [Applause] go [Applause] huh tfo's asking the right questions and demitro has the answers at the moment can he keep coming up with great lobs like that that's that's something that Francis should continue to to uh demand answers from it was a little too high to make it easy to take out of the air it wasn't high enough to chase down it's good judgment from the Bulgarian another C in on himself didn't he two double faults two Aces [Applause] Francis has to go after this game if he can he's only early but so far demitro has missed every other first serve that one Beauty 133 t Advantage deit demitro is Slender but has Mega racket head speed at his disposal on the serve or everywhere everywhere his backhand in fact one of the fastest backhands on tour last season and and that makes it really difficult because he Blends it with his slice as a serve there The Exchange 19 minutes Mary to get to the love 15 [Applause] [Applause] love 1 lot invested in that last game for TFO unsuccessfully Tim Hond we please stop bothering Roger and Arno Bo who was a great player in his own right now number three at Rolex is Arno in the middle I've seen I've been watching him from up here Mary and Tim has been shadowing golf swings I think he's trying to help Roger with his new passion anyway 15 game for for Francis to focus in on cuz he spent a lot of energy and didn't get the reward for the break in the last game now he's got to focus in that's a good comeback from love 30 but he's still at 1530 the work's not done heard a story about Jill smaller former player and long time agent to Serena Williams who's also taking over the management duties for Francis she's sitting in his players box today she has been this tournament and she was asked to compare the experience of watching Serena versus watching Francis and she said so much more stressful with Francis they like what what this stressful with Serena like no cuz Francis sometimes doesn't keep his concentration and it and that stresses me out understood but that is something that Francis has done better and better yes as his career has gone on quick Story the coaching D Francis a few years ago he really focused hard on the practice court with Francis on making him stay focused and locked in as they like to say for long periods of time just trying to train his mind to stay very narrowly focused how'd that go it went it went well he made some big gains there still not perfect but certainly improved gameo took a few volleys but TFO hols from L 30 that's that low volley he handles so well two game so first set it's a sport room it's it's also a game I think that's why so many people enjoy watching this guy and if you go to us open.org or any of those platforms you can see just what has been happening at this tournament L 15 love 13 six on the Trot for tiao and getting verbal trying to get the crowd cranking there's Jill in the back the blonde hair stressing next to alfina francis's Mom what a chance here for Francis love 30 [Applause] 15 13 tough way to lose this long rally yeah but I like the discipline from tifo didn't take the bait on a couple of shots where he could have pressed the attack button a little too soon yes he lost a 17 shot rally but this guy is a good fisherman he can throw some bait in the water can Gregor demitro with that slice back in and lure you in against your will 15 14 two more great chances for tifo [Applause] please do not use Flash thank you good body serve 134 could to get out of his way enough time that was pretty entertaining when TFA was playing Alexi poin the other night and David Whit continued to just poke his own chest indicating to Francis serve at the body and Francis did it successfully several times that whole last game that was ITR just flipped the script on him still another break point though let second service [Applause] what that's not a pattern of play that TFO is going to want to engage in slice to slice with demitro even though Francis has a pretty good slice it's not at the level of the bulgarians the better play for TFO if he wants to play offensive tennis he needs to hit that slice down the line to dimitrov's forehand cuz he's not going to slice that shot he'll hit something with Top Spin and that's going to sit up a little higher in the strike zone and allow tiao to go hunting we got fishing we got hunting got lots of metaphors work our way through them maybe over five sets Mary settle in [Applause] Advantage another look TFO for TFO to break [Applause] [Applause] does 0 for three become one for four it does this joint will light up gang C help 50 love 15 on [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] 15 13 toit just a surgeon with that little chip dropping it in front of francis's feet Francis not able to get in as close as he did on the break point that he converted that time this has come in nine times already Mary he he will continue to keep coming in and he should that's a great place for him to finish but he's going to have to probably be slightly more selective coming with a little more Advantage it's five for nine yeah proper ratio is winning 70% of your points when you come to the net that's for a non-serving baller right serving bers it's going to be a little little tougher because you're not always big of an advantage you're choosing to come in off of a ground stroke you've created some geometric Advantage typically and they're they're wounded and weak by the time you're attacking them within that rally and you're hoping for an easy volley but boy has demitro been able to diffuse it with his magnificent feel forc Francis to hit some tough volleys and he's come up with some certainly but not all of them 1403 the best practitioner that we've seen as far as knowing when to come in and being able to finish so consistently was raen the doll amazing conversion right at the net for rafen but he didn't have to hit a lot of two string volleys didn't he they were pretty much thank you very much volleys at head height and Game T keeps his lead T leads four games to two first sets was reading an article about David wit and his work with Francis so far and one of the things that David's really been stressing Jordy Aran the other coach in the team is for Real intensity in these return games there's Gregor's coach Jamie Delgado trying to keep his man chin up but David wants francis's intensity up in these games don't let him off the hook even if you're up a break keep coming you might hear them and see them from the the Coach's Corner urging him to keep doing [Applause] that just missed but had the open space to work with 15 fris is doing a good job Mary of making this uncomfortable for Gregor with all these net approaches and the disruption exactly he's up in his face every time he can be there 1 15 [Applause] B 30 on [Applause] [Music] 14013 he is making it so clear that he is coming after demitro tonight yes fifth forand winner for big foe advantage [Music] de he certainly following coach's orders and keeping the intensity levels very high in these return games toit's getting no comfortable holds game he's being challenged he held up there new balls please T leads four games to three he came from two sets down did demitro he was 78 in the world at the time and he's gone way down at times F love demitro says part of growing as a human is that you have basic experience which I really hadn't been having cuz I was a tennis player and he said that he needed to experience those things and that's why at times was taking him away from his game that goes on wide 15 you see the team that he's constructed around him now demitro and you realize that he still thinks got a lot of game left in it's nice to see 15- 13 his game has always been nice to see the neut drops always had a very ey catching smooth game tremendous natural mover incredibly flexible too he can basically do a split on the court while he's defending it that's the and while of course a lot of the focus in this tournament right now understandably here in the United States is on the players repping the red white and blue like Francis like Taylor Fritz who's awaiting the winner of this one demito's got to be thinking why not me right now too this bottom half of the draw his job is to be the the heartbreaker to destroy American next two matches it's not a an easy task by any means he doesn't look like a heartbreaker actually he does he does he he's got a long list of ex-girlfriends tell you that now that was also making him famous back around 2017 when he won the year end Championship he was dating Maria Sharapova spent some time with Serena Williams game 53 now for the American right here his team is selling it see leads five games to three first s yeah they want him to stay aggressive that's been working for him by and large just to even the threat by the way there is Dimitar on the left of screen that is Gregor's father he has not gone home to work yet Mary no still here let first service thought the point was over he was getting ready to serve to the ad Court oh love 15 the ball bounce let's go gobbles this up I know how much you love the tifo backand that serve was out it must have just edge of it but he was very late getting to that return of serve and the set's getting late for him right now set points for the American love 14 Tia wins one of this three those cheers will be even louder 15 and 14 [Applause] 134 low [Applause] had it set upand down the line his work for earlier tonight lined up [Applause] and v t [Applause] game in first def six games to three there is a t sound that only the you 15 l 30 [Applause] L third C5 go go 14 15 demitro doesn't Express frustration too often he's pretty self-contained by and large pretty mature out there but just kind of gave a what the heck look up to his team is just not feeling the ball properly on his strings right now frustrated sail two points ago ISRO he's a fighter TFO put up the mirror on that point chip back can wreaking havoc on Jamie delgado's player that was a challenge for Francis in set one trying to tackle those little bunt passing shots at his toes 15 but I do wonder if you might see a change in tactics from Gregor uh potentially more Top Spin back hands as he tries to keep TFO off of the net and try and get there himself diit does has he has plenty of skill and power off the forehand and the Top Spin backand if he wants it and see 15 that's kind of been the challenge for him at at the onset of his career so many options so much skill how do you organize it he's much better at it these days but he might have to kind of change gears and go big or go home it's kind of the Dilemma you face in a way when you play if Francis is in form which he clearly is this summer are you willing if you're demitro to wait him out and wait for the low and just keep biing your time or do you get a little antsy and want to take matters into your own hands and change your tactics we'll see which one he goes game de first things first first holding serve one game all second not yet had a look at breaking TFO TFO has gotten him twice here's what I would suggest if if I was Jamie Delgado what would you be yelling at Demetri I would say when you're serving play you for the game plan that we set out here use your slice backand plot a course your unforced errors use your sliced backand and rely on your serve to give you an advantage in those games probably win one to one and a half two points a game with your serve so you can play a higher percentage tennis when you're serving when you're returning you've had no success this is if you can call a timeout at the end of the set sit with your player you've had no breakpoint chances you had no impact on his service games let's up let's let's turn the risk dial up when we're returning let's go after our backhands rip them hard with Top Spin when you can thump forehand get to net disrupt make him feel a little uneasy when he's serving chip and charge rip and Rush don't let him do that that's what I would that's what I would be thinking is do something different and but let's not sacrifice our serve where if we're playing aggressively we might break ourselves with a couple of loose errors I like that that's all I have to say about that aot probably too much I don't think a lot of people who play the game Jim play differently from their returnes a lot of professional players though right sometimes it's hard to switch gears yeah 14 15 toit just took a long look over to his team he's definitely wants input he's on the side of the net where they can give it to him verbally there next to him over there in the right hand corner game t t leads two games to one second set and by one set to l good looking win over zov on this court earlier today first time he's gotten into a grand slam semi-in he doesn't feel like stopping either 50 [Applause] L I'm talking about franc ala's ranking dip from the beginning of this year where he started number 16 he fell as far as number 30 in the world back up the 20 now Tyler Fritz has been kind of the alpha of this group ranking wise 15 he's the last one of them to reach semi-final of a major Shelton did it he's little younger than those guys Tommy Paul Tommy Paul in Australia Francis here long time coming for Taylor he bed his time but he's there now feed up watching this one waiting to see who he gets in two days three days time actually Friday this section of the draw gets two days off between their quarterfinals and the semis oh man that's his fifth double thought 15 13 serving in the 30s in this set so far never good when you have more double faults than Aces for the year has had about two and a half Aces for every double fault so this is a poor performance in that department form him just hustling to me off the court right now 154 smothering the ball here's for [Music] 3-1 game t T leades three games to one second set quick reminder that usopen.org this keep you connected to everything US Open 2024 Lots going on official tournament sight oh 15 love it's all going his way TFO is winning this battle by waging asymmetrical Warfare he is surprising demitro at every turn gor doesn't know where he's going to be on the court that break point Mary that was an absolute Bluff he started from the Baseline and was barely at the service line as he watched that pass go by him long people just don't come in on pass on approach shots like that very often because it's not advisable but it's disruptive sure is and he is a disruptor when he's playing like this look at this running on 4 is far from his best isn't it clearly chfa is making him jumpy but also he's just not he just not finding the strings the way he normally does 1450 there's ever a good time before your first double fault of the match up a break set in a break and 40 love is about the best time you can think of but you got to buckle back down that'll do Game T 128 that gets him to 4-1 now in the second already up a set T leads four games to one second set and by one set to love just this is exactly what he wanted this match to go like 50 just taking full swings this guy he goes to tennis matches he goes to women's basketball Jason sedus loves his sport question about it Ted lasso if you don't recognize him wasn't quite ready for that show to end might show up again hopefully got a nice shout out from Engish fan I think in her postmatch interview didn't he that was aw that was cool Francis a he let that one go he to what looks like a comfortable hold of just a brief segue Francis in his postmatch interview a couple nights ago shouted out Tony Goldwin saying me and my girl we love Scandal that was trem it was awesome those are just moments at the open don't get those not normally [Applause] now what is the four gam to this Australia oh that's a australi open have the night matches it's uh it's a buzzy environment too and they they do a lot of the same Showmanship within the stadium with the music and lights and all that stuff so yeah Australia come on this is a too good that was good that ball Dropped In Love 15 or did it yeah I mean that was ridiculous so the chair umpire putting her hand out flat which to indicate the ball is good letting demitro know cuz the crowd comes up they don't hear the automated call there's no hand to see EXA if it's Palms down or hand extended out old school lines person what a shot from grigor yeah puts this game in a different light love [Applause] 15 love 13 toit still looking for his first break point of the match and he is a point away from having three of them couldn't get that left hand on there to be firm enough for this volley such was the pace of the pass sh [Applause] 153 30 all that's just simply not good enough on the pass to me has more capabilities than we're seeing on that shot he could have driven that down the line easier to pull across safer but it was too high and TFO was right there he's flustered understandably that was a huge opportunity lost he lost the point but he sure show how hard it is to win one [Applause] he finally got what he wants though first break point of the match for the Bulgarian chance to get back on serve in set two [Applause] yes get sure done well at the net on that point but it was the first forehand that open it up for him took a lot of risk to tiao on that shot but got a lot of reward for it back to [Applause] Deuce reserves are to confine for Francis in this set serving under 40% for serves in Play Come On Budd [Music] [Music] take your time here and getting a winning position [Applause] and de come on it's a good pattern come on V you got one of the best for in the world man come [Applause] on lots of encouragement coming from both camps right now they know this is a critical game here especially for grigor to get back [Applause] involved new ball pleas is that an inflection point in this match four games to three second set and by one set to L back on L 15 15 all 15 and 13 SL footed forehand window opens for tifo how did you go again [Applause] 3 that time it's Dutro who snuck in D let's go d [Applause] just a little bit of wildlife on the court ball crew member see where did that trying to catch all Hoy ladies and gentlemen we thisle murder this is this isn't going to die he got to like his and chances now who's holding on to hold on no play peta's online one oh okay it's gotten serious now 134 chance for a break back for TFO here after conceding his service game and this would be a concession from deit he has not played a tight game here in one sense of the word he has mistakes in this game from demitro he's fighting himself as much as he's fighting TFO right now fighting for control of the ball he's got a really interesting racket Mary only player I've ever heard of it's cut it's custom designed for him it has 18 Main strings and 18 cross strings usually get 1917 why do that I don't know I don't know the answer I know Mark py just told me about it fellow commentator who gets a lot of good info from his fellow Brits and if you have a tighter string bed like that strings closer together that means you get less spin naturally right flatter ball coming off your racket W game that's a four game so second 23 shot hot rally brings this second set to forall that was an excellent hold in the end for demitro cuz he nearly gave it away with unforced errors but Teo couldn't handle the first serve up the middle on the break point so it's gone from uh an healthy set in break lead for the American to for piece in set [Music] two love [Music] 15 he's unsettled isn't heo he's on the opposite side of his team so they can't give him coaching here just hand signals hit these two forehands any [Applause] [Music] bigger angry looking forehand fierce [Applause] for percentage is definitely down this set across the match Francis has done a tremendous job of Defending his second ser against grigor winning a very high percentage of those points fact he wins more points when he hits a second serve than a first serve which almost never ever happens [Applause] dazzled on both sides of the net now [Applause] on both sides of the M 403 [Applause] oh this work yes great pattern [Applause] by [Applause] that was an ego contested forand to forand Advantage deit de wins that mini Skirmish and has a chance to turn this set right on its head another break point for the Bulgarian [Applause] CA [Applause] come on that a he of return off of a great serve out wide me just flared it back deep and reset the point but TFO was persistent with his aggression and that desperation pass misses 18 by 18 custom string pattern gut in the mains poly string and the crosses going to love this Mary he gets them strung the night before main strings are strong at 25.9 kilograms [Applause] and whatever the case is he started he did that change at the beginning of 2023 and his ranking has done nothing but go north but not able quite to turn this set fully upside down to M Dr for a chance to rescue his serve here there's his down Francis right was like riding shotgun with him he was mimicking francis's ball bounces before the serve do itting it in stereo that was sweet oh wow how did he hold Ser there F I'm sure demitro he would consider a friend so is it Friend or Foe what's it going to be am I stealing your pun love it H that's [Applause] 59 go oh [Applause] [Music] 1513 go [Applause] [Applause] hasn't made many loose mistakes but that was one there 1530 rally ball backand normally so secure with the two-handed side but it is a flat shot which means it's a net skimmer net caught the tape there takes it back to 30 all had a chance to get the double set point there 40 30 [Applause] game one of the benefits this set for demitro and making more first Ser Francis has not been able to take the second serve return and get to the net TFO not able to be as much of a nuisance in this set because demitro Has Lifted his first serve numbers Alo Breathing heavily here knows this is a critical 10 minutes in front of him will he be up two sets to love or an absolute war is set a piece love [Applause] 15 Inc gor is hearing a lot from Jamie dogado he is puffing up his ego telling him how great his forehand is [Applause] love 13 way to use your wheels way to use your wheels that was an incredible get from demitro to keep that rally alive 1533 come let's go let's go come on got that was a serve that was so for TFO when he finished off Alexi Po in his last match his coach David Whit kept calling for the body serve and TFO kept giving it to him and he just put one right in the chest of demitro to get back to 30 all up right here 14 1 here trying to basically flip the script and use fo's play get in when it's a little inadvisable and hope that it works out but Francis is two-hander it's on a dime and he has game [Applause] point oh by the way I I think that's a really smart idea for demitro that's what we were talking about earlier in the set throw a little more risk into this when you're challenging TFO serve make him uncomfortable open those shoulders what a recovery for demitro from a pretty Shaggy looking first to go 114 in the side pocket stay in the return G come on another chance for [Applause] 65 let Game T at the tennis center the coaches there took notice of how much this kid wanted to play and of course TFO his parents couldn't afford lessons so the coaches took Francis jafo under their wing you know the thing I like about Walls Mary tell me they never miss they're always there for you second service many a tennis BR started off just with a a racket and a ball and a wall and a desire to just stay out there as long as they could till the parents called them home this from FL 15 some Queens summertime where your mom would say just come home in the when the street lights come on mhm and then you get to he and it's all Bright Lights big city and you're on the center of the tennis Universe like these two and TFO has love 15 in a second serve with the set on the line 15 we got here we [Applause] go L for service didn't get his feet underneath there plunged at it was in control that one that's two let off points for tifo two gifs back to demitro from love 15 that's [Music] the two points from two sets to l [Applause] [Applause] 14013 [Applause] he done everything right until he didn't let second service game from RoR demitro the Bulgarian has brought this to a tie break six G Soul second set tie [Applause] break the B he missed B tle was right on top of the net that would have given him a set point one that zero and that F he missed it would have given him the set point that's a fact that I hope only you and I are thinking about not Francis hopefully he's put that behind him because he can't go back and fix it but it was regrettable it was there for the taking I guarantee he would have broken anyway but it's tiebreaker time here we go one good fight G here we go [Applause] B D doesn't look like he has an immense amount wrist strength but there's no other way to get this shot this is absolutely Gob smackingly difficult a late flick in creating that much speed with accuracy that was awesome [Applause] [Applause] two really really nice first volley from Francis the second one that's a gimme but the first one was nowhere near that easy on serve the level lifting here in the tiebreaker 3 two this isn't the Finish line of the match it's just the finish line of the second set but the level of play here compared to the level of play when Taylor Fritz and Sasha were finishing their matches night and day they were both timid Zev and Fritz both a little bit shy this is spectacular here it all counts the same there's a winner and there's a loser but this level is just so much more eye-catching and impressive ready three looked like they were afraid to miss in the match this afternoon won by the American who's sitting with his feet up waiting to play the winner of this one these guys are bloodthirsty on every shot it seems like Taylor Fritz very much a child of privilege and the two American women still live Emma Naro Jesse both Daughters of billionaires and then there's this guy let's go up let go come on let's go love the forehand come on go [Applause] what a drive from the 53 for the 33-year-old Bulgarian 5 three whose best [Applause] Tennesse your [Applause] forro keeps getting told how great his forehand is and to trust it believe in it 63 clean winner right on on the line and it's triple set point guess his forand is pretty good they were right up there in the team zone two massive points taken with forehand by demitro and he's going to take this set it looks like now [Applause] [Applause] C de number six [Applause] problem for Tio among other things is that he's serving at 44% for this second set [Applause] please no way SE time fre nerves on display and Yo's back on serve but still facing set point thank you the game and second set diit seven games to six one settled set was so pretty until the very end demitro survives in coaches unlike team sports where it's the team owners that pay everybody player is the team owner in tennis 50 love well it's a work night it's 11:00 in New York City just a few minutes after how many of these fans fans need to get home how many will stay that advantage that TFO had not only on the scoreboard but also from uh vocal support standpoint is also dwindling a little bit it is 40 [Applause] love how much trust demitro had in that second set and he was still very much in [Applause] G first game get past that I have I've grown to like him F [Applause] left demitro was in California getting ready to play another terrific North American tournament Indian Wells when Co struck and that tournament went away so he stayed in La about on laundry very specific about that took good care of himself worked out sent ventilators back home to Bulgaria to his hometown of hoso as they were suffering 14 yeah I think he's a nice guy game t one all two solid love holds players David Whit on his feet telling Francis to be more aggressive on the second Ser returns that's that's a would be a return to the first set which TFO was in nearly every service game that demitro had end up breaking him a couple times how could that 5 left fantastic let's go of course you need to see second serves He's only seen one one out of Five Points played on demitro serve this set Gregor in rhythm in set three so far there's the Jinx and infect good to know we still got it Mary there aggression from T Alo they like that and there's also a look at the immense power available to demitro on his backhand one-handed backhands are just so free flowing right you don't have the second hand restricting your follow through the way the two-handers does so there is if you want to see the the biggest back hands in the world normally it's going to be someone like a demitro or a Stan vinka in his day they going to create the absolute most Pace more than Roger Roger could if he chose to he just didn't want to bully the ball and he was a little toothpick in the arms too hey we got to take our shots at him the guy's nearly Flawless come on still not convinced he's a human being never seen him never seen him bleed Mary I don't know Rogers here never seen his but to be honest realized that that was going to be the defining moment cuz I'm pretty sure aliens could make those up if they didn't to but I digress we're getting off track this is this a serious situation here we go semi-finals at stake here could be an All-American semi-final if TFO wins di using his forehand Now isn't he di one third set one set then rip the second one if TFO hits a volley up ow all starting to unleash and that may change the calculation for TFO as for where he feels comfortable starting his move to the net from cuz he was coming in a lot of times making contact at the Baseline which is rarely a good idea cuz you're just so far from covering the cord so we'll see we'll see he needs to get to the net finish keep disrupting now he might just have to wait a little bit longer to have the advantage that's enough to get in game to two game so third [Applause] set if you're just joining us in this terrific match you go to usopen.org to find out why we're dead even in this men's quarterfinal 50 I thought that was our job to tell people why we're dead evening they could find out on.org too yes they can man we're redundant already I thought AI was coming for us not the website 1 if there is a shot that that needs to uh improve for for TFO it is the two-handed backhand which is normally his reliable shot it's not the one that wins him as many points as the forehand but he doesn't lose as many either but he's missed some critical ones at really important times on rally shots coast to coast and as quick and supple as you couldn't keep up with that one that one he could that one just too well struck [Applause] 3 hasn't done that for a while and that's his eighth [Applause] double here we go up against 86 [Applause] 13 14 these fans understand this moment [Applause] ch [Applause] that was not an easy shot that was a shoelace forehand that he just destroyed I they really get down for it lunge at it a little bit and still controlled it that's mine Ando go f got the [Applause] [Applause] shot he game tce TFO now operating behind a break here we go love 15 [Applause] Find the [Applause] Will for one two team calling for a big t- serve here looking for a one-two punch probably a forehand afterwards if you can get one couldn't land the blow there [Applause] 1 15 come do it for me please go ahead here we go come on let's go hit the ball hit the ball try and hit the ball back in it come on [Applause] 145 job good job go first one right here get it service St come on lead for S your left arm stay up trying to help TFO with net clearance exaggerate keeping the left arm up higher keeps everything up it increases your chances hitting up on the ball instead of falling down too quickly where you'll get the ball into the net T's got such a unique left arm holds when he tosses the ball too trying to help [Applause] him the head up head up left arm up everything they're focused on right now is about getting the ball to a trajectory higher off the racket back right [Applause] back B win the lead come come on the agressive aggressive the most of the stuff you hear from the teams is innocuous support you're the man aggressive keep it up let's go but occasionally you get some really interesting info for sure just have to filter for it [Applause] Advantage good play you know it's one of the sir game t two for the American lead four games to two third sets let's go stay present right here hungry and believe just so you know next time okay come on work through it let's go hit the B come on right in front of J Delgado is a tablet there they have that available on all Courts for the coach is here one over in francis's box as well they can get all means of data there service directions speeds we learned in the The Briefing pre-tournament that while the coaches can use it then they can voice the information they're not allowed to actually turn the tablet around and show it to the [Applause] players requesting the replay of the call on the right service L I can't imagine in a in a match like this that these players want to do any reading you know what I mean let's scroll down and see no but they might want to show if you say I'm going to show you breakpoint first serve Direction I'm going to show you the dots on the on a picture of the court that might be but you can just as easily say hey cover the backand don't break point I think that might be the way to go crunch it for him you talked about Jim a lot of the Jer Jamber blah blah blah from these teams is innocuous we hear Gregor's coach say hit the ball now that sounds okay that's probably a good idea but I think what he's really saying is hit through the ball that seems to want more Pace 15 13 this as frustrated as he's been in the match right now at least visibly rce the fight rce the fight let for service oh [Applause] he was hitting the ball that [Applause] time stay on here boy that was an awesome point and he ended up agitated afterwards let go finding it too's game is so much more effortful go then the smoothness of demitro but yeah he struck the ball beautifully in that last rally got well it was given to him yeah terrible volley by fo he's better than that and that tried to get cute and just put too much speed on the volley it was in between a a deep volley and a drop volley it was a I'm going to lose this point now volley go f come on right back [Applause] on chance to really grab this third set Game T leads four games to three third sets one setle still up still up a break new players are ready [Applause] L [Applause] 15 played some quality tennis in that last service game to hold his serve but got a a big heaping hand of help from T Alo at 30 all big point to get the 15 off for Francis love 30 and it just feels like you're slipping now C15 15 what going on look looks like he's going after his shoe he's hobbling look his like his left quad is cramping right now or injured yeah game very disciplined game from fro but five games to three trying to walk off something here we go [Applause] g really need that t didn't hit looks like he's testing his [Applause] [Music] legs I didn't see an injury you know movement that looked like an injury occurred did you no just arming to serve right now that one 113 his average today is near 120 he's hit it as as hard as 133 he clearly compromised for the moment 5 you go [Applause] yeah he knows toit TR with this whatever is going on physically compromising his movement is just going for slap shots right now trying to not have to play any defense came down funny after that serve you know kind of hopping like your your foot hurts or your leg hurts that's the sometimes these things are temporary sometimes players go through many crises and matches and then they recover they refuel if it's a if it is a cramping situation or a loss of energy that that can be resolved [Applause] set4 see if he pass for the trainer when it's over be a tell if he calls for the trainer and he gets a medical timeout limits thank you please it's not loss of conditioning L game in def six games to three [Applause] Ser 50 l [Applause] oh this guy this poor guy has got to be Breaking Inside because he's been knocking for a long time on the door trying to win something big his half of the draw is the is the side that's where the opportunity lies you still have a US Open champion in Mev and a Australian Open champion champion and Center in the upper half this was the side for demitro this could have been his time to make a final there you go game out first game four set slip cuz grass is a dangerous surface and you're out can't imagine him this the entire rest of this match when he beat alcarez alcarez came into the press and said he made me feel like I'm 13 years old I don't know his weakness he's trying to show his strength stay out here and he's hoping maybe that pain medication he could have been given kick in maybe how long did you say it takes 15 20 minutes from my experience thir [Music] [Applause] C5 they stopped pretty quickly after injuring himself at Wimbledon we'll see if he is able to finish this match on his feet nice 145 [Applause] it's the last major of the year that might be a factor in his calculations as to how far he's willing to push his body oh man really just arming it over now [Applause] [Applause] 403 how many more times will demitro have a chance in the quarterfinals of a major it's got to be a question going through everybody's mind his dad's his coach and certainly the player himself this looks like a long road of rehab ahead of him [Applause] number [Applause] 11 i' rather he stopped this is making me heart sick ADV vanage jefford [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Game T leads two games to love four set both coaching teams that have been so vocal so verbal so noisy they're they both they both fall aside 50 and to this crowd's credit they understand the situation and they're not reveling in the score line for tifo this is has gone from a a pretty festive proo audience to New York's imitation of the wion [Applause] crowd 4 just playing quickly just understanding the situation was Biden this time 14 there's no longer a threat at the moment for Francis this is just an inevitability he's going back to the C game new B please jead three against to love four sets and by two sets here go try 51 ready hit the ball hit it Char 15 keep here go stay stay locked in come on St 1 15 it's good looking back hand can't move but elegantly it was a Wimbledon it was that fourth round match on court one against Daniel Mev of but the sixth game of the the first set to me off tried to push off change direction and his happens players on grass his foot gave way as he holds false asense He Slipped he winced he kept playing but he started limping immediately much like we're seeing Here and After Eight Games down 53 he he decided to pull the pen didn't play any [Applause] longer just like that of being in Paris it was over did his rehab made his way back to the tour in Canada but now three tournaments later he's injured again [Applause] Alex deonar will play tomorrow he's in the quarterfinals here he's had to recover from the tough injury 14 B Match Point against R2 Fe ended up winning the point but when he lunged for the final shot the volley came up and it ripped his hip had the default quarter finals he was out until this Tournament game it's over ladies and gentlemen Mr diit du to an injury has to retire Cho win 63 67 63 41 retirements [Applause] not making all good man Francis he turning into a real grown-up isn't it right before our eyes a 26y old the 33-year-old having a