Next up for Murray is Japan’s Kei Nishikori, a 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-4) victor over Ivo Karlovic. A new venue to be built to replace it.
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Nishikori, the 2014 runner-up, won 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Monday in the last singles match at the current Louis Armstrong Stadium, which will be torn down after the tournament.
“I didn’t feel he played unbelievable tennis, but I felt I just did a lot of mistakes”, Dimitrov later said at a media conference.
Nishikori cut down the towering Croatian with surgical precision.
Murray was moping and muttering to himself as he pressed for winners against the steady Italian and piled up unforced errors before deciding to patiently play long rallies.
Complacency did not strike for the 29-year-old though, as he sealed success by taking the third and final set 6-2.
“His belief is higher than it’s ever been”, seven-time grand slam champion John McEnroe said on ESPN. “I don’t know why”, Murray said.
Federer turned 35 on August 8. I never do that.
Not only did Murray take advantage of both break opportunities in the set, but he also won 17 of his 22 service points while giving Dimitrov few opportunities.
Our all-French wagers on Sunday proved to be pretty comfortable winners, with Gael Monfils easing past Marcos Baghdatis in the straight sets we needed from him and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beating Jack Sock in four. “Now it’s more the strategic way, how you’re going to prepare for big matches, big tournaments”.
This then enabled him secure a 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 win.
22nd seed Grigor Dimitrov will look to cause another upset in the fourth round of the US Open when he battles second seed and Olympic champion Andy Murray.
“I’m getting older. Everything is like new for me”.
Fifth-seeded Simona Halep faces No. 11 Carla Suarez Navarro in the other women’s match. Djokovic leads 15-6 and 5-1 in Slams. “It’s not only because I’ve been winning matches or anything like that”.
Suarez Navarro, seeded 11th, was seeking the sixth Grand Slam quarterfinal of her career.
The second seed said he did not overlook Lorenzi. He returned to the court for one point before deciding he couldn’t go on.
Murray didn’t let up and soon found himself 3-0 ahead in the second set after breaking Dimitrov twice.
In del Potro’s case, his body has betrayed him through injuries, not age – multiple left wrist surgeries that kept him out of the last two U.S. Opens. He’s played just 10-plus sets through four rounds. Things will get even tougher in the quarters for Wawrinka, despite Del Potro’s lowly world ranking of 142.
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Andy Murray says that “tactically” he was on point in his fourth-round win over Grigor Dimitrov at the US Open.
