“I had some great matches against him in the past”.
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And while Djokovic looked quite good for the first two sets and at the very end, there was that interlude that included the medical visit.
“It feels great to play a match”, Djokovic said in an on-court interview.
At 2-1 the Serb called the trainer on to massage his right arm around the elbow, just as he had done in his first round six days previously, when he had looked far more vulnerable.
Kyle Edmund has acknowledged that he has enjoyed a “great tournament” at the US Open, despite being outclassed by Novak Djokovic on Sunday night.
Of some concern was that the state of Djokovic’s right arm. In the victory, Djokovic won 75 percent of his first serve points and 45 percent of his second serve points. This followed a walkover the Serb received after Jiri Vesely – who had beaten him in Monte Carlo – withdrew injured.
American eighth seed Madison Keys was involved in a titanic encounter with Naomi Osaka of Japan before she eventually battled through, clinching a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 triumph after a dramatic final set.
New improvements to mobile Exchange betting on the US Open! Kerber could overtake Williams for the No. 1 ranking depending on their U.S. Open results. Tsonga, the ninth seed, was in complete control of the match except for the third set, which the American bagged in a match that lasted for more than three hours. He will play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a quarterfinal match tonight. Pouille and Monfils will play each other for a berth in the semifinals.
The U.S. Tennis Association announced that Friday’s day session was attended by 40,280 people, topping the record of 38,780 twice over Labor Day weekend in 2014.
The world no.25 defeated the Spaniard 6-1 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-6 (8-6), to leave the 14-time grand slam victor to debate over what had let him down this time.
Djokovic took just 69 minutes to take a two-set lead, wrapping up the second with an outrageous dropshot and then a superb lob.
“He carried the injury into this match”. Djokovic broke three times in the set to go two sets up.
When it ended, Pouille dropped on his back, his tongue sticking out.
Edmund then broke Djokovic to go up a break in the third set. Djokovic, who has won their last two matches and 11 of the last 12, should have plenty of confidence heading into the next one.
Only Jack Sock survived week one on the men’s side in singles for the USA, while Venus and Serena Williams are joined in the fourth round by Madison Keys.
Tsonga could next face top-ranked Novak Djokovic, who faces 21-year-old Kyle Edmund later Sunday. I really wanted to start the match well today because I didn’t have much time on the court overall before the fourth round.
Coverage: Live commentary on Radio 5 live sports extra plus live text on the big matches on the BBC Sport website and app. Thiem retired with an apparent knee injury while trailing 6-3, 3-2.
However, another Flushing Meadows showdown with her sister Venus is off the cards after her dramatic 4-6 6-4 7-6 (3) defeat to Karolina Pliskova.
She returned to the professional game in January past year and is now looking for her second scalp of the fortnight after seeing off third seed Garbine Muguruza in round two. This U.S. Open has been no different. “It was tough but I came off a lot happier than I was during the match because I started to impose myself in the third set”.
Later, Baghdatis told reporters he was messaging his wife.
This time around, he only needed about 2 hours to outclass his British rival, as he progressed into the quarterfinals of the tournament for the 10th consecutive year, with a score-line of 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.
“What my game is is trying to be aggressive”.
And while Youzhny has not so much as reached the final of a tournament since 2013, and slipped to 153 at the end of past year, he began 2016 with three straight Challenger titles, before illness and a hamstring pull marred his season. Makes a lot of balls. He was playing in the third round at a major for the first time. He’s been very consistent at a high level.
The 31-year-old Baghdatis hadn’t reached a Grand Slam round of 16 since the 2009 Australian Open. And as in that victory over the French Open champ, she finally closed out the win with a service break. “Home. This is home”, Del Potro said on court on Saturday after his win.
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Fellow debutant Lesia Tsurenko of the Ukraine faces 2015 runner-up Roberta Vinci of Italy.
