No. 5 Simona Halep; No. 10 Karolina Pliskova vs. Ana Konjuh.
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Serena Williams reacts after a point against Yaroslava Shvedova, of Kazakhstan, during the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, in NY.
Said Monfils: “I have a second opportunity to get to my first slam final, and the opportunity to maybe beat him for the first time in the main tour, to beat the world No. 1”.
“Admittedly he (Djokovic) is one of the greatest players, the game has seen”, stated Monfils.
He said he noticed midway through the second set that something was going on with Tsonga. She finished with 18 aces. The British No.1 has reached the final at seven consecutive tournaments.
Kerber has been a force to reckon in women’s tennis after winning the 2016 Australian Open and reaching the finals of coveted Wimbledon earlier this year.
He said he was more grateful for the extra rest than he was concerned about any lack of match play.
“I know Jo for a long time, we grew up playing in the junior circuit as well”. He backed up the break with an emphatic hold at love, broke again for 5-2 and didn’t face a break point in the second frame.
But 12-time major victor Djokovic failed to capitalise and the Frenchman immediately struck back after the Serb missed a sitter at the net.
In the men’s singles, it was the third time in five matches that an opponent’s injury worked to Djokovic’s advantage, after his walkover into the third round when Mikhail Youzhny retired after just six games.
Wozniacki is a former No. 1 who is ranked only 74th after a tough season that included injuries and zero Grand Slam match wins until last week. Surprisingly, Djokovic feels his limited time on court in NY has been to his benefit.
Murray disagreed with chair umpire Marija Cicak’s decision to immediately halt things when play was interrupted by a sound similar to that of a gong being struck.
Andy Murray was bothered by the chair umpire’s decision to call a let on a loud noise that came from the stadium’s speaker system and now finds himself headed to a fifth set against Kei Nishikori in the U.S. Open quarterfinals.
In the second set, Vinci won only 10 points. Chair umpire Marija Cicak immediately halted play.
Lopez and Lopez have once again beaten Bryan and Bryan at a major tournament.
She was hobbled from that point on and the contest was over in just over an hour with the world No 48 having committed 30 unforced errors to the Wozniacki’s five.
With a quick break under her belt in the opening game she was able to swing freely and needed just 57 minutes to subdue Konjuh, who upset fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska in the fourth round. But also he seems more focused at this time of his career. Williams has won seven of their last eight meetings.
While Djokovic hasn’t had to meet a Grand Slam champion yet in this tournament, three major champions are slugging it out on the other half of the draw.
The defending champion was leading 6-3 6-2 before ninth-seeded Tsonga was forced to call it a day following a knee injury. The hard hitting Wozniacki ended Sevastova’s dream run at the US Open after the Latvian had sent third seed Garbine Muguruza and thirteen seed Johanna Konta packing from the tournament.
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