For good measure, Murray sent down his fastest ever serve of 141mph (226.9km/h) at the end of a set where he allowed Dimitrov just five points on his service.
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The Wimbledon champion has beaten world No7 Nishikori in seven of their last eight meetings, including a straight-sets win as part of his successful Olympic gold medal defence in Rio last month.
There was talk Monday night’s U.S. Open fourth-round matchup between Andy Murray and Grigor Dimitrov could have upset potential, considering the 22nd seed had defeated Murray the previous time they met, in March at the Miami Open. He has won this title but I played a really good match against him at the Olympics and I will have to do the same again.
Delpo plays the most tie breaks of any of the eight players in action today (with the exception of Ivo Karlovic) and I like the [6.5] on the Sportsbook about him winning set one 7-6.
“I once hit a 145mph serve in San Jose but they recalibrated the machine the next day so it didn t count”.
“I stopped rushing in the rallies”, 2012 US Open victor Murray said in an on-court interview.
Andy Murray has admitted to winning the ugly way to make it the last-16 of the US Open at the expense of Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi. I think it was lucky. I only did it once. “I expect it to be very hard”.
It was a very nice day for Monfils, who was probably (hopefully) in bed watching Rafa Nadal and Lucas Pouille contest a cracking match later on that Pouille won in five, removing a potentially tricky obstacle from Lamonf’s path. When I did win a first set that was tight, didn’t play my best, I kind of let him back into the match after I got a break early in the second. “He’s one of the best players in the world and plays extremely well on hard courts so it’ll be very, very tough”.
“My best tennis is in there”. Here is a different surface than Wimbledon, so my slices doesn’t go too well as I did in Wimbledon. “I’m looking forward to do a good match after tomorrow”. Wawrinka overcame a third set dip to beat Illya Marchenko 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3.
Two-time major champion Stan Wawrinka blew a lead and smashed a racquet before pulling out a four-set victory to reach the quarters at Flushing Meadow for the fourth consecutive year.
“I’m getting older. Everything is like new for me”.
“He’s playing really well”, Wawrinka said. “But for both of us I think it’s going to be important to try to dictate and be aggressive on the court”.
Davis Cup veteran Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, also through to the US Open quarterfinals, also was selected by captain Yannick Noah, and Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, the world’s top-ranked doubles pair, completed the lineup.
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Wawrinka, the 2014 Australian Open victor and 2015 French Open champion, will next play Ilya Marchenko, of Ukraine.
