Alexander Zverev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp Extended Highlights | 2026 US Open Quarterfinal

Will be the Dutchman to get us going. Best of five, of course, for a place in the final four. There's our co-commentator down there, Robbie Koenig. Can't wait to hear from him. OK, should we go? Let's do that. Definitely not. Quite as good as some of the other better movers. It's a nice example, isn't it? Speed up the court. But I think he's vulnerable if you go behind him in a way that since his second serve was so unreliable. It was Misha's idea to lower the ball toss by a couple of feet to try and give him a little better rhythm. But he's got to start well. Game, third. After that break of serve, that's not the case. Djokovic, center, Alcaraz. Oh dear. Game, third. Sprayed another one. That was a big miss. Too many of those in this opening set from the Dutchman. It has been pretty easy. Nice six games to do. Very comfortable so far for the number one seed, Alexander Zverev. A couple of breaks and he's taken that opener. 6-2. Just looking back at that run today, something I've forgotten since he made the quarterfinals that year. I remember he'd never, famously at the time, he'd never been to the U.S. before. He'd never been to New York. In America as well in the meantime. Good genes. Yeah, probably doing good. Oh, what a nice shot that was. A little time. Maybe Van der Zandt stopped switching the lights on. Early on in that match, that ball was rising viciously with all kinds of hex spin on it. I don't know that even they would have thought his career would be this good, though. Game, third. It's himself out of the game, but Van der Zandt will be kicking himself. Played a poor point at Love 30. A lot of hard work being done by the team running the website behind the scenes. Especially with some of these late finishes we've had here in New York. Last night was in the top five all-time finishes at a major. He's got him there. Van der Zandt played that as far as showing where he was going to be. He really tried to close the net off and you'll see it. This is a great pick by our director to see how quickly he committed. Jamie Murray, I believe, has taken over your position. Stands to reason. Oof. That's a good start. Again, he's won the opening points of the Zverev service game. Luckily, Zverev hadn't dropped a point of the net prior to this one, but he could have chosen to go back on that slice forehand. He came in and he was always going to have a difficult first foul. He didn't do quite enough with it. That's a really nice sneak. And Zverev has also been sneaking up something a little different. Here's a half chance now. De Geaulle. A fascinating point. Right there. It just somehow went in that little crevice. Can only be the wit for the tennis ball. It's amazing. Oh, airtime. That's your specialty. Give us a description of that on the replay. Oh, set point. During the second half of that last game, Robbie, it felt there was a real change in the atmosphere. Game. He's missed another. Class. What a point. Wraps it up. Second set. Long second set. 65 minutes, that one. That's him against Zverev. Zverev leads by two points along the way. But he is in a commanding position now. After an hour and 42. Two sets still up. 6-2-7-5. And that was a magic trick. And that's a break of serve. And he's in full control now. Oh, really? Nate's been around a long time, Jim. He's part of the tennis family. But he was telling me, Stringer's records at 20.9 and 21. Mains and crosses. And then the promoter is getting it right. No, no brown M&Ms. Just making sure you're paying attention. Yes. To the tension. I remember reading that. There we go. A double break in the back. The new ball. Surely job done now. And that's a pretty nice way to finish it. Alexander Zverev is back in the semis in New York. 6-2-7-5-6-1. Once Van der Zandt's goal had missed the set points in the second. He faded pretty quickly. And by and large, fairly comfortable this evening for the top seed. He will face Karen Khachanov in the final four in a couple of days time. And that'll be a rematch of the 2021 gold medal match in Tokyo.