 Novak Djokovic vs. Taylor Fritz is the second quarterfinal for the men's US Open for 2023. And both guys have been super impressive to get to this stage. Fritz entered the tournament as a number nine seed and took on the wild card Steve Johnson in the first round. This is no problem getting through in straights. 6-2, 6-1, 6-2. In the second round he took on Vereas and again this is no problem getting through in straights. 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. In the third round he took on the qualifier Menchik who had had a pretty good road to get to this stage. But again Fritz demolished him in straight sets. 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. In the fourth round he took on another qualifier, Stricker who had taken out Setzi Paz in five sets earlier in the tournament. And after a close first set Fritz would win in three, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. Djokovic started the tournament as a number two seed and would take on Mula in the first round. This is no problem getting through in straights. 6-1, 6-2, 6-3. In the second round he took on Mareas and again no problem getting through in straights. 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. In the third round he took on the 32 seed Jera who had had a battle with last year in Belgrade and this was no different with Djokovic having to come back from two sets to love down eventually getting through in five, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. In the fourth round he took on the qualifier Goyo who had been very impressive to win this many matches to this stage. And after a close second set Djokovic would get through in straights. 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. These guys have played seven times before with Djokovic winning all seven matches and only one match Fritz has actually won sets in. That was at the Australian Open a couple of years ago. Djokovic did have an injury at the time so maybe that had something to do with it but other than that Djokovic has absolutely demolished Fritz especially in the last time they met a couple of weeks ago in Sinsey. If Fritz is going to win this one he needs to be ultra aggressive and he also needs to take notes from the guys that have beaten Djokovic in recent times or at least pushed Djokovic in recent times. He also needs to serve really well otherwise he's going to be toast. If Djokovic is going to win this one he just needs to do what he does. Just get the crowd out of his head as well because of course the crowd is going to be a big factor in this one for Fritz but make sure Djokovic doesn't let the crowd get to him. Crowd can be rowdy and sometimes a little disrespectful. This is going to be such a fun matchup and let's just hope that Fritz can make a difference than he did two weeks ago. Let's hope he can maybe get a set. I don't know if he will though. I'm going to go to Djokovic in four. Maybe Fritz gets a set because he hasn't lost a set all week but I just feel like Djokovic hits one way too one-sided and seven-zero. Six love in the last match they played. Very hard to pick Fritz but I give him a set. Djokovic in four but let me know down in the comments below who's making the semis.