Taylor Fritz beats Andrey Rublev to reach semifinals in Toronto
The second-seeded Fritz finished with 20 aces, including one that finished off the match. He will face the winner of the late quarterfinal between No. 4 Ben Shelton of the U.S. and No. 9 Alex de Minaur of Australia.
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'You can't put yourself out there at risk when you've got this much ahead of you and getting hurt could lessen not only that number, but diminish, I guess you could say, your value to people.' Parsons enters the fifth-year option of his rookie deal with one of the best initial four career years the NFL has seen at edge rusher. His 52.5 sacks and 177 quarterback pressures are each the most of any active NFL player through the first four years of his career. Parsons similarly has outpaced the career starts of recently extended stars Myles Garrett and T.J. Watt with 256 tackles and 112 quarterback hits in four seasons. The Cowboys have said they want to pay Parsons, noting the holdup is a matter of how much and when rather than if. But the nonexistent negotiations, paired with Jones telling reporters Tuesday that he does not know whether Parsons will play the season opener, has not inspired confidence in an imminent resolution. Jones continues to repeat that he and Parsons had a deal in March that he wants to honor, even as Jones confirmed Tuesday to NFL Network that the deal was never in writing. "I bought the Dallas Cowboys with a handshake,' Jones told NFL Network. 'It took about 30 seconds. I gave the number, shook hands, the details we worked out later. As a matter of fact, one of the details involved a lot of money and I had to flip a coin over that. But the fundamental, 'I'm buying and you're gonna sell it to me for that range,' that's done. And those are done with eye contact and handshake. "Just so you understand the way that I communicate with people that a I negotiate with. Let's leave it at that. There's is no question that in the case of a player contract, you have to have it in writing. All parties do. 'We have a contract in writing, yet we're still talking about renegotiating, so so much for that." 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He knows that trade requests pop up from players with other teams across the league, Garrett and Washington Commanders receiver Terry McLaurin two recent examples. 'The fact that he, in essence, communicated with media doesn't surprise me at all,' Jones said of Parsons' social media post. 'I don't even get surprises when you're involved.' Jones downplayed his comments to reporters a day after Parsons posted his request. 'I didn't call a meeting,' Jones said. 'Micah wrote a letter. Well, we didn't do that or call a meeting or want to talk to media. We just had the normal response that I have at the end of practice usually. 'The thing that I said, I would've said earlier [before the trade request and] I would've said later.' [Get more Cowboys news: Dallas team feed] If recent Cowboys history is any indication, more will be said later before a deal nears, much less reaches, the finish line. There's a real possibility that the Cowboys play out Parsons' fifth-year option and place a franchise tag on him come spring. Prescott knows that from experiencing the tag firsthand before his initial extension, also knowing the possibility of last-minute deals after the Cowboys extended him last fall mere hours before they kicked off in Cleveland. For now, Parsons is in the building, in meetings and at practice albeit not participating. Prescott appreciates that. 'Obviously, I believe he should get paid,' Prescott said. 'But I think he's making the right approach by being at training camp because a lot of times [players] forget how much joy and love being around your teammates [brings] and how much of that is truly football when you're focused on a contract and you're just waiting for that to be done. 'Being in the locker room allows you to still keep your joy for this game and to still understand the sacrifice you're making with people. But hey, there's a business side of it that, 'I just can't be out there with you guys because of potential injury risk'… 'He's a guy that's done a lot of this team and deserves to have his stance.'
