World No.2 Andy Murray has revealed that he has “not been sleeping great” ahead of his quarter-final clash against rival Kei Nishikori.
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The world No 2, who is through to the last eight of the US Open, could face in-form Juan Martin del Potro in the best-of-five series at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow from 16 September.
Murray was totally unsettled, railing at the umpire after the game, clearly furious at what had happened.
The second seed took out Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. For sure he has a lot of confidence right now, a lot of matches behind his back. Murray has dropped only one set in the tournament, and del Potro has lost none.
Murray never gave Dimitov a look-in in a win which set up meeting with Kei Nishikori.
Serena, with her win in the third round, had crossed Martina Navratilova and equalled Roger Federer’s mark of all-time victories in Grand Slams at 307. Here is a different surface than Wimbledon, so my slices doesn’t go too well as I did in Wimbledon.
He showed once again that wearing a Great Britain shirt brings out the best in him by winning a second consecutive Olympic singles gold medal in Rio last month. “He was playing a bit closer to the baseline than me and taking the ball on a little bit more”, said the second seed.
The 29-year-old has reached every Grand Slam final in 2016 and won both Wimbledon and the Olympics. He has earned a shot at redemption two years later, with del Potro or Wawrinka standing in his way in Friday’s semifinal.
The 2012 US Open champion was almost unstoppable in the first set as he broke Dimitrov twice before claiming the set in just 30 minutes.
With the finish line in sight, however, Nishikori faltered: serving at 4-3, he got to 40-0 up but a succession of unforced errors saw him blow five points in a row to lose his service and put the match on a knife-edge once more.
The 10th-seeded Pliskova won 6-2, 6-2 in just 57 minutes Wednesday, losing only one point on her serve in the first set.
“I played very well”.
The American group is led by fourth-seeded Amanda Anisimova, a 15-year-old who was a French Open junior finalist.
Now, though, Murray has a chance to become only the fourth man in the Open era to reach all four Grand Slam finals in a single season.
The second-ranked Murray could face resurgent Juan Martin del Potro in the best-of-five series at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, from September 16-18.
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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.
