Serena Williams broke through another barrier, her 308th grand slam match win taking her past Roger Federer for the most victories in major tournaments and into the quarter-finals.
“I didn’t expect to be in the quarters in my second grand slam after my comeback”.
From 1-1 in that first set, Dimitrov won only two of the next 17 games and the only time Murray was held up was just before the very last game of the match when it started to rain and a decision had to be made over whether to close the roof.
It may have been the Labor Day holiday in the United States on Monday but Andy Murray came ready to work, demolishing Grigor Dimitrov 6-1 6-2 6-2 to storm into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open.
Nishikori will be the Briton’s opponent in the search for a semi-final berth, with the former defeating Ivo Karlovic earlier in the day. “Tonight was the first time I have gone above 140”, said the 29-year-old.
Williams next faces No. 5 Simona Halep, the 2014 French Open runner-up.
Kerber’s run to the quarters means the American must at least reach the final to stay top for a 187th consecutive which would, of course, be a record.
Wawrinka was the only victor to drop a set on Monday, but still won through in relatively comfortable fashion against Marchenko.
He was a break to the good at 2-1 in the fourth before Wawrinka, reinvigorated by a violent racquet smash courtside, recovered to win five of the next six games.
Del Potro made it to the last eight after Thiem was forced to retire due to injury.
And either Juan Martin del Potro, the Olympic finalist, or third seed is lurking ahead. He proceeded to win the next four games to regain control on the way to a 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3 victory Monday.
Venus Williams failed to convert a match point and lost in the fourth round of the U.S. Open to a player a dozen years younger than her, 10th-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic. His serve, which went missing for two sets against Lorenzi, clicked to pleasing effect, and there was little his opponent could do to get back into the contest. He returned to the court for one point before deciding he couldn’t go on. He broke in the first game of the second with a whipped forehand victor, and again in the third to lead 3-0, as a sleepy crowd began to wonder if Dimitrov would ever get on the board.
It was a unusual match all round, with Del Potro 3-0 down in the first set before receiving treatment on his shoulder.
Del Potro also shook off any concerns about his left wrist.
At No. 142, del Potro is the lowest-ranked U.S. Open quarterfinalist since Jimmy Connors in 1991.
The Scot, who has reached the round of 16 or better in 23 straight major appearances, showed tremendous depth and pace to his game in the early exchanges, breaking the Bulgarian 22nd seed twice on his way to the opening set, which he sealed with an ace, in just 30 minutes.
The No. 2-seeded Murray, who is hoping to add Flushing Meadows to his Wimbledon and Olympic titles this year, takes on 22-seeded Grigor Dimitrov.
Among the women’s highlights are back-to-back afternoon matches on Ashe with the Williams sisters. Then top-seeded Serena meets 52nd-ranked Yaroslava Shvedova.
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Croatian teenager Ana Konjuh upset number four seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4 6-4.
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