“I lost an opportunity to have a very good event here”.
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Djokovic said he doesn’t have pain in the elbow.
Tsonga next faces world number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic, who powered past 84th-ranked Kyle Edmund of Britain 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.
The giant Argentine had required treatment himself on a right shoulder injury after dropping serve to go 2-1 down in the first set.
Also, Djokovic received medical attention on his “right” hand during the match.
Kerber was in command from the start, winning all the big points on the way to taking the opening set.
“I felt I played a little bad, to be honest”, said Kvitova.
For Pouille, it was a monumental victory for a player he grew up admiring.
On Sunday, Rafael Nadal kept making a stand, kept coming back, kept showing he would not depart quietly from this US Open. Pouille pulled off a victor down the line the next point to seal victory.
For the first time in 12 years, tennis star Rafael Nadal has failed to reach a quarterfinal in one of the four Grand Slams. Djokovic broke back to 3-all, and after a trade of service holds, he took the last two games.
Kvitova, the Rio Olympics bronze medallist, offered more resistance in the second before surrendering with a double fault on match point to gift Kerber a place in the quarter-finals.
Double U.S. Open victor Nadal drew within 4-3 but a forehand victor by Pouille made it 6-3 for triple match point. Pouille will be attempting to reach the semifinals of a major for the first time in his career.
“It is never over until the last point”. But on Sunday, he had just five aces and was broken six times.
Wozniacki is a two-time U.S. Open runner-up, at least.
Novak Djokovic moves to the fourth round and plays against Kyle Edmund on Monday. Asked what kind match he hoped for between those two, Tsonga joked, “really, really, really long”. He understands the pros and cons of lack of court time.
Pouille said: ‘It’s my first match on the centre court here against Rafa. It matches his 2016 Wimbeldon finish for the furthest he has gone in a tournament.
And much to the dismay of the Nole brigade, Djokovic was stretched to four sets by 247th-ranked Pole Jerzy Janowicz. Was in terms of sport, and in sport you lose or you win.
Nadal, victor of 14 Grand Slam titles, then hit back and that pattern continued as the match headed into a decider.
Using a phone during a professional tennis match is not allowed, and chair umpire Alison Hughes noticed what was going on.
“I am close to being 100% again and I believe I can have a couple more good years”, said Nadal whose most recent Grand Slam title came with his ninth French Open in 2014.
As a result, only two of the proverbial “Big Four” are still lasting in Flushing Meadows. She hadn’t won a match at a major in 2016 until arriving in NY.
Nadal lost because of some uncharacteristic unforced errors.
And another player from france was in action – Gael Monfils was facing Marcos Baghdatis.in the fourth round.
At the Women’s singles, Fifth-seeded Romanian Simona Halep advanced to the quarter-finals for the second straight year with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro. One point later, the match was over.
Anastasija Sevastova, who retired from tennis for almost two years, has reached her first major quarterfinal.
As well as his two titles, the 29-year-old was runner-up in 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2013.
Her previous best run at a major was a round of 16 appearance at the 2011 Australian Open. His quarter of the draw was wide open – except for Pouille, that is.
The 142nd-ranked Argentine was leading 6-3, 3-2 when the eighth-seeded Austrian quit with a knee injury.
LUCAS POUILLE, the 24th seed, on the mindset that helped him defeat Nadal, victor of 14 Grand Slam singles titles.
Vinci has been bothered by a sore left Achilles tendon, not the sort of impediment that’s ideal against an opponent the caliber of Kerber.
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The 27-year-old Tsurenko had never been past the third round at a major before this tournament.
