The 29-year-old broke early on again in the fourth set, in fact for the third set in succession Murray seized the advantage on the Italian’s serve in the opening game of the set.
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Andy Murray highlighted an eventless day at the US Open tennis tournament with all the big names winning their respective matches at the Flashing Meadows.
Murray’s last Davis Cup action came against Japan in March, when he edged an epic five-setter against Kei Nishikori to win the tie.
Wawrinka, a former Australian and French Open champion, reached a fourth successive quarter-final in NY with a hard-fought 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 win over Illya Marchenko, the world No 63 from Ukraine.
“Tactically I played a good match”.
“That was the one thing that I wasn’t happy with against [Paolo] Lorenzi”. “But that’s the fastest serve I’ve hit”.
“I stopped rushing in the rallies, ” 2012 U.S. Open victor Murray said in an on-court interview. “I don’t think that will change”. I only did it once.
“I didn’t expect to be in quarters in my second Grand Slam after my comeback”, del Potro said.
With the year’s final grand slam entering its second week Murray dispatched the 22nd seed in just two hours, signalling he is well prepared to extend a dream summer that has included a second Wimbledon title and a second Olympic gold medal.
He said: “I played extremely well”. I didn’t feel he played unbelievable tennis, but I felt I just did a lot of mistakes.
The Argentine has been in fantastic form since his long-awaited return from a series of wrist surgeries, giving Andy Murray an almighty scare when they met in the final of the Olympics in Rio last month.
Del Potro had won the first set 6-3 and was up a break in the second.
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The second set was more competitive, but it was still clear who was the better player.
Stanislav Wawrinka, a two-time Grand Slam victor and twice a semi-finalist in NY, had the closest call, saving a match point in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (10/8), 6-2 victory over Britain’s Dan Evans.
Murray will go head-to-head with Dimitrov for a place in the quarter-finals and the Scot admits only his best will be enough to get one over on the Bulgarian.
The progress of Murray, Edmund and Konta to that stage marked the first time three British singles players have advanced that far at a Grand Slam since 1964.
“It’s going to be a hard match”.
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“But, yeah, these kind [s] of moments really, really help you mentally when you come out and play your opponent”. “But for both of us I think it’s going to be important to try to dictate and be aggressive on the court”.
