But after being two points from taking the first set against Kerber while serving for it at 5-4, 30-all, the No. 7-seeded Vinci faltered badly.
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Novak Djokovic steamed into the quarter-finals of the US Open with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 victory against 84th-ranked Briton Kyle Edmundon Sunday.
It is true Djokovic has spent just a tick over five hours on court here and Tsonga has laboured for almost 11, but it could be argued the Frenchman may be sharper through match fitness.
Tenth seed Gael Monfils also advanced as he triumphed over Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, but fourth seed Rafael Nadal was the big casualty on Sunday as the Spaniard was beaten by 24th seed Lucas Pouille 1-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6).
Please Wait while comments are loading. She’s obviously playing very good tennis. “So coming into the second week of a Grand Slam quarterfinals feeling good, it’s exactly where I want to be”, US Open’s official website quoted Djokovic as saying.
“I made Kyle work for each point and kept him moving around the court”. “I’m confident that everything is going in the right direction”.
So the question was put to Djokovic: Is so little action a good thing, because it provides a chance to rest and heal after some trouble with his left wrist and right arm recently?
Yes, he had taken a pasting from Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 and, yes, he was out of the US Open, but he could sense – as could everyone else – that the past week represented a huge stepping stone.
He added: “It’s a little bit of an unknown because I’ve never played a match on that court in front of that crowd”.
World’s number one tennis player Novak Djokovic faces Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in their quarterfinal clash for men’s singles held at the 2016 US Open on Wednesday.
Edmund said he hopes to take positives from his only previous meeting with the Serb, a 6-3, 6-3 loss in Miami this year.
“I’m getting better and better each time at that”.
Caroline Wozniacki, derailed this year by an ankle injury which sent her career into a tailspin, and Anastasija Sevastova, who quit the sport three years ago, set up a US Open quarter-final duel Sunday. “When it happens it will be an incredible feeling because that was also one of my dreams when I was a kid”.
Against Tsonga he mustered only five aces and was broken six times by the 2008 Australian Open runner-up, who has reached at least the semifinals of every Grand Slam except this one.
If Kerber reaches the final, Williams must win the title to top stay on top of the pile.
Fellow debutant Lesia Tsurenko of the Ukraine faces 2015 runner-up Roberta Vinci of Italy.
The 34-year-old won 6-2 6-3 to pass Roger Federer in the all-time list of matches won at the tennis majors and made her way to the quarter-finals.
Djokovic thrashed the World No. 84 6-2 6-1 6-4 to book his place in the last eight.
Now ranked at 74 in the world after a right ankle injury sidelined her for nearly three months, Wozniacki hit just seven unforced errors in her win over Keys. A third round defeat in Wimbledon, a first round defeat in Rio and twice requiring the trainer on court to give his elbow a workover still suggests that Djokovic is working his way in to the tournament.
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Since losing in last year’s French Open quarterfinals, Nadal has failed to make it beyond the fourth round at a major.
