Yes, Djokovic got another free pass at Flushing Meadows, advancing this time when Mikhail Youzhny stopped because of a strained left hamstring while trailing 4-2 after a little more than a half-hour of play. “I’ll take it. I’m moving on and focusing on the next one”.
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With Ivan Lendl back in his corner, Murray is playing confidently, aggressively and with a steely focus on adding to his three Grand Slam titles and getting to the top of the rankings for the very first time.
For the 44th-ranked Baghdatis, the victory ends a nine-match losing streak in Grand Slam third rounds. The Argentine, back from another spell away from the sport due to a wrist injury, upset the American Johnson in round two, then beat No. 11 seed David Ferrer to make his first fourth round at a major since Wimbledon in 2013.
Austrian Dominic Thiem moved into the fourth round after rallying to beat Pablo Carreno 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5, while Agnieszka Radwanska breezed past Caroline Garcia 6-2, 6-3 in the women’s singles.
Rafael Nadal, of Spain, returns a shot between his legs to Andrey Kuznetsov, of Russian Federation, during the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in NY.
Nadal, meanwhile, is still yet to drop a set, breezing past Kuznetsov 6-1 6-4 6-2. She also was blunt when she talked about what was going through her mind on the 30-30 point.
“I hit quite a lot of winners, although first-serve percentage wasn’t great”, Murray told the BBC. A string of injuries forced the Latvian to retire back in 2013, but she made a comeback past year and has now equaled her best Grand Slam finish.
Seventh seed Marin Cilic is out after he suffered a surprise straight-sets defeat to American Jack Sock, but French pair Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils are both through.
Latvia s Anastasija Sevastova backed up her shock victory over third seed and French Open champion Garbine Muguruza by making the last 16 for the first time with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Kateryna Bondarenko of the Ukraine. And he handled the Croatian’s big serve just fine, breaking the No. 7-seeded Cilic on four occasions.
TSONGA VS. SOCK: Two guys equipped with big serves and big forehands meet when No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France plays No. 26 Jack Sock, the last USA man in the tournament.
A trainer wraps Mikhail Youzhny’s leg during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament against Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in NY.
American John Isner?beat Steve Darcis?- who was also coming off a five-set match – 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3 in 2 hours, 54 minutes to reach the third round. Each player had 13 aces, but Tsonga managed to break Anderson’s serve twice while saving all seven break points he faced.
Bellis was 15 when she had her shocking win at the U.S. Open two years ago, but at 17 she is a more mature, grounded player. He was the 2008 Australian Open runner-up.
We had a bit of luck in the first one when Andy Murray won the opening set against Marcel Granollers 6-4 after failing to serve it out at 5-3 and saving game points before breaking at the fourth attempt to land us a nice victor.
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The seventh-seeded Italian needed almost two hours to top 102nd-ranked Carina Witthoeft 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 in the third round Friday.
