Can Taylor Fritz defeat Djokovic at the US Open? | Tennis Channel Live

BE IN THE CORNERS. STEVE: ALRIGHT, FIRST TIME QUARTERFINALIST IN NEW YORK, TAYLOR FRITZ. HE HAS NOVAK DJOKOVIC SNACKS. JON: 0-7 AGAINST NOVAK DJOKOVIC, INCLUDING A LOSS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. HOW DOES TAYLOR FRITZ FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET PAST THE ONE? CHANDA: YOU HAVE TO ASK HIS COACH. STEVE: HE WILL TIME IN, IN A MOMENT. PAUL: I’M WAITING FOR MICHAEL RUSSELL. STEVE: ALL MICHAEL RUSSELL FANS. PAUL: HE’S PLAY TOUGH MATCHES WITH NOVAK, TOO, FIVE SETS IN AUSTRALIA, DID A NICE JOB AT THE ATP FINALS LAST YEAR. AS WE ALL KNOW, NOVAK DJOKOVIC IS

NOT THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED PLAYER IN THE MEN’S GAME FOR NO REASON. YOU HAVE TO BE COMFORTABLE BEING OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE. TAYLOR IS GOING TO HAVE TO SERVE WELL. IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO PUT PRESSURE ON NOVAK’S SECOND SERVE. HOW THE HECK DO YOU DO IT OVER THREE TO FIVE SETS? THAT IS WHAT GREAT MALE PLAYER HAS A BIG AGAINST NOVAK. THAT’S A CHALLENGE. CHANDA: AS A PLAYER, YOU WANT TO BUILD A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF IN A MATCH LIKE THIS. THAT IS GOING ON THE BOARD EARLY, GOING TOE TO TOE, GET

THAT FIRST SET IF YOU CAN UNDER YOUR BET — BELTS, THEN MAYBE ALLOW FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SPECIAL TO HAPPEN. HE’S GOT TO SERVE

WELL. THAT IS A KEY. THAT IS A GIVEN. I THINK ALSO TAKE SOME CHANGES ON RETURNS. MAYBE TRY TO GET IN A LITTLE BIT MORE, TRY TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE, ESPECIALLY THOSE MOMENTS WHERE HE IS HELD SERVE AND HE CAN TAKE MORE RISK, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT TO BEAT A NOVAK DJOKOVIC, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW FRITZ HANDLES A, BECAUSE HE’S BEEN PLAYING SO WELL

SO FAR. STEVE: HE’S PLAYING HIS OLD BUDDY STEVIE JOHNSON, HE SAID A TEENAGER, HE HAD A QUALIFIER YESTERDAY IN STRICKER. BLESSING OR COERCE THAT IS GOING — CURSE THAT IS GOING FROM FOUR PLAYS OUTSIDE THE TOP 100? PAUL: FOR ME, IT IS A BLESSING. STEVE: DOES HE BELIEVE? PAUL: HE DOES. TAYLOR FRITZ IS THE BEST THERE IS OUT THERE IN TERMS OF THAT YOUNG GROUP MENTALLY. HE IS A VERY EXCEPTIONAL MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PLAYER, IN TERMS OF MANAGING SITUATIONS. NOW HE HAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EXECUTE ALL THE PHYSICAL AND STRATEGIC STUFF. , YOU

KNOW, LOOK IT’S ONE OF THESE THINGS, IT IS NOT JUST TAYLOR’S PROBLEM, IT IS A MEN’S TOUR PROBLEM, AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE LAST DECADE AND A HALF FROM NOVAK DJOKOVIC. THERE WILL BE GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM AND MICHAEL RUSSELL, AND THEY WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO COME UP WITH A GOOD GAME PLAN. TO ME, FOR ANY PLAYER IN THIS SITUATION, YOU BETTER HAVE A GREAT TIME. YOU’RE GOING TO PLAY ON ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM WITH NOTHING TO LOSE, EVERYTHING TO GAIN, IT IS GOING TO BE PACKED, FUN, YOU GOT