More than two years later, though, Dimitrov has yet to make it past the round of 16 at any Grand Slam since.
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I can’t see Murray winning in three unless he has a really good day and he looks short at [1.17] which is the shortest he’s been against Dimitrov since their first clash in 2011 in Bangkok.
Ashe will protect the players from most of the wind, which will be helpful for the shot maker Dimitrov, and if the wind isn’t an issue Murray will have to play a lot better than he did in his last match against Paulo Lorenzi.
Pliskova reached the first Grand Slam quarterfinal of her career by coming back to edge seven-time major champion Williams 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Monday in Arthur Ashe Stadium. She then broke Suarez Navarro’s serve in the next game and successfully served it out in her second opportunity.
Del Potro could face third-seeded Stan Wawrinka, who he defeated at Wimbledon, in the quarterfinals.
In 2012, Murray won gold in London and won the U.S. Open for his first Slam title but was runner-up at Wimbledon.
As it also happens, Dimitrov recently joined up with coach Dani Vallverdu, who used to work with Murray.
“I never expected to play that many matches, of course, this year”, he said. More importantly, Nishikori won on 70 percent of his second serves to just 47 percent for Karlovic. A win at the U.S Open would make this a season to remember for Murray, who so often in his career has played second fiddle to the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
Andy Murray won nine of 10 games to start and overwhelmed Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 at the US Open on Monday night.
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.
Unlike Murray and Nishikori, two-time major champion Stan Wawrinka had a tougher road to the quarterfinals.
The top-seeded Williams, who hasn’t lost a set or had her serve broken in the tournament so far, faces No. 5-seeded Simona Halep.
Del Potro had won the first set 6-3 and was up a break in the second.
Wawrinka next faces 2009 U.S. Open champ Juan Martin del Potro, who beat him at Wimbledon this year.
Luckily, the Croat wasn’t injured too badly, and she’s earned herself a chance at redemption, this time in the fourth round of the U.S. Open. She’ll face No. 1 Serena Williams or fifth-seeded Simona Halep on Thursday.
The eighth-seeded Thiem took a medical timeout to have trainers look at his right knee after the set’s fifth game.
Murray continued where he left off in the second, breaking in the first game for an early lead, though an out-of-sorts Dimitrov did manage to get himself on the board, having broken back to trail 3-1.
Del Potro’s quarterfinal bid came at the expense of No. 8 seed Dominic Thiem, who was forced to retire due to a knee injury in their second set. Del Potro can’t use the slice as much on hard courts, but he said his normal backhand speed is returning. But all those victories came with a cost – a tour-high 69 matches, and the long season had started to wear on his body.
Del Potro knows all about that.
The 2012 champion at Flushing Meadows will face No. 6 Kei Nishikori in the quarterfinals Wednesday; the other matchup on their side of the draw is No. 3 Stan Wawrinka vs. 2009 U.S. Open title victor Juan Martin del Potro. But his stunning run to the Olympic silver medal signaled that he is a contender again.
Del Potro got a huge break Monday when he spent only 72 minutes on court. He has played just 10-plus sets through four rounds, but still expects to be the underdog.
COPYING CONNORS: A quarter-century after 39-year-old Jimmy Connors rode raucous crowds to an improbable U.S. Open semifinal appearance, perhaps it’s only appropriate that Juan Martin del Potro could become the lowest-ranked quarterfinalist at Flushing Meadows since then.
If you happened to catch Konjuh’s second-round matchup against Radwanska at Wimbledon, then you know two things: Her presence in the round of 16 at the U.S. Open is hardly a fluke, and she’s capable of pulling off the upset on Monday.
The 142nd-ranked del Potro has been willed along by fans in NY who fondly remember his 2009 title and respect his comeback from three left wrist surgeries.
After saving a match point in a five-set win in his last outing, Wawrinka was cruising against 63rd-ranked Illya Marchenko, who was playing in his first Grand Slam round of 16.
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World No 1 and defending champion Serena, trying to break the record of 22 major titles she shares with Steffi Graf, plays No 52 Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan.
