Kyle Edmund’s first US Open ended in a crushing defeat by Novak Djokovic here last night but the 21-year-old Briton was taking only encouragement from his achievements at the tournament.
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“I fight until the end”, Nadal said about his 6-1 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-6 loss to 22-year-old Frenchman Lucas Pouille late Sunday.
Djokovic broke again in the first game of the second and once more for 4-0, as the favourite won his 10th game out of 11 to cement his advantage. He then got a chance to rest the arm, because his second-round opponent withdrew before the match, and his third-round opponent stopped after only six games.
“It’s been a great tournament for me”. “Maybe it wasn’t the result you guys wanted, but I want to thank everyone for supporting me”.
Fed up with injuries, 26-year-old Sevastova retired from tennis in 2013 and chose to take up a course in management. It was his first night session on the biggest stadium and he made a lot of errors. For me, if he’s played matches or not, he’s going to be tough to play, isn’t he?
“When it happens it will be an unbelievable feeling, because that was also one of my dreams when I was a kid”. “The French Open helped me tonight, maybe it will be the same on Sunday”.
After failing to covert one match point in the third-set tiebreaker, the ninth-seeded Tsonga dominated the fourth for the 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-2 victory Sunday.
But the American, a veteran of angst, refused to lie down.
That victory added to a first-round success over 15th seed Richard Gasquet and Edmund is now determined to give top-seeded Djokovic his first test of the tournament.
In the opening set Edmund looked like the player who should have been seeded No.20, as he produced his trademark forehand on a number of occasions, putting Isner’s body to the test after a couple of long games for the American.
Edmund held easily in the first game, but saw the match quickly get away from him despite there being a few holes in the Serbian’s game early on.
“He’s obviously a great player”.
Most of the players have witnessed several ups and downs in tennis in the last five years, but Djokovic undeniably has been the undisputed king in Grand Slams.
And yet it was in that same game that Edmund began his mini-run.
The match came alive in the third set when, an early break up again, Djokovic let his intensity slip and the GB number three grabbed his opportunity, finally breathing fire and showing what all the fuss is about with that sledgehammer forehand.
At the start of the third, however, he called on the trainer to massage his troublesome right elbow and there was some temporary respite for Edmund, who broke twice to lead 3-2. They crossed at three points apiece, Isner planting another ace, his 27th, wide of Edmund’s backhand.
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Former world No 1 Wozniacki, the runner-up here in 2009 and 2014, downed American eighth seed Madison Keys 6-3, 6-4 to make the last-eight in NY for a fifth time.
