Sheldon: American handsome guy eliminates Demi and advances to the Toronto Masters semifinals PK Fritz

This is part of the original text translated from the ATP official website. The original title is: 'Evolving ' Shelton downs De Minaur to set Toronto SF showdown with Fritz "Sheldon eliminates De Minaur and advances to the Toronto semi-finals pk Fritz"

The handsome American man Sheldon won. The 2025 men's singles quarterfinals of the ATP1000 Toronto Masters, the finale on Tuesday, Sheldon vs Deminal (Demi for short), the handsome American guy improved quality and accelerated, straight set, defeated Australia 1 Godemi, and advanced to the semi-finals, with a score of 6-3, 6-4.

Sheldon won the game comfortably with his stable + fierce forehand bottom line ball. In the 3rd round + 4th round, Sheldon played back-to-back tiebreaker and tiebreaker before winning the game.

Sheldon: I was so happy to win; this shows the tough battle on the psychological level. During the practice, he broke the serve many times, and he is really a hard opponent. I confidently won the serve and won the game, and I was really excited to reach the semi-finals.

Sheldon took 91 minutes to win and he scored 13 aces balls. In the semi-finals, he looks forward to winning the US derby against Fritz. The two players only fought once before, from the 2023 Inwei Masters, Fritz won.

Sheldon scored 8 forehand and made full use of Demi's rare unforced mistakes in Brother 28; against the baseline, Sheldon won 32 points, while Demi scored 29 points; against the 9 bets and above, Sheldon led Demi 12-7.

Sheldon: Many people have seen me relying on strong serves, not on the bottom line. From a psychological perspective, when I hit the game thousands of times, I want to feel that the more shots, my ball quality is a bit heavy, and I feel that I will surprise my opponent from time to time.

Being able to win multiple shots + quick runs, and making me feel comfortable, is an important part of my tennis evolution.

Sheldon won the 2023 runner-up Demi, which allowed him to upgrade to 2 places and reached the 7th place in the 2025 year-end finals ranking of the ATP 2025 year-end finals. He looks forward to entering this ATP year-end competition for the first time (scheduled to be held from November 9-16).

22-year-old Sheldon has become the youngest American men's singles player to enter the top four of the ATP1000 Masters in recent years. Previously, Roddick reached the semi-finals of the Printing and Military Tournament at the age of 20. If the championship is won, Sheldon's world ranking will reach a new high next week, rising from No. 7 to No. 6 and surpassing Djokovic.

semi-finals, Sheldon vs Fritz, this is the fourth time in the ATP1000 Masters semi-finals US derby since 2000.

Sheldon: Yeah, I'm really excited! I played with him as soon as I debuted on the tour. We played very well in the Indiana match. He is the kind of competition player. He carried the flag of the American men's singles in the ATP competition. His pace changes quickly and his serves are great. We are good friends. This game really made me very excited.

Earlier Tuesday, Fritz beat World No. 11 Lublev 6-3, 7-6 (4), and Fritz scored 20 aces balls, tying his highest record in three sets.

Demi recently won the ATP500 Washington championship, and this season's hard field score reached 24 wins. He lost 1 in the world ranking, but he still retained the opportunity to go directly to the year-end finals of the Turin for the second time.