Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves against Kyle Edmund of Great Britain (not pictured) on day seven of the 2016 US Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
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Djokovic’s victory put him into the last eight against ninth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 6-2 victor against American 26th seed Jack Sock. The victor of this match will play either Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Jack Sock in the quarter-finals.
Kyle Edmund’s first US Open ended in a crushing defeat by Novak Djokovic here last night but the 21-year-old Briton was taking only encouragement from his achievements at the tournament.
Konta, the 13th seed, collapsed on court during her second-round victory over Tsvetana Pironkova but looked to have made a full recovery in an impressive third-round win over Belinda Bencic.
‘To play on the biggest tennis court of all doesn’t get much better.
The 26th-seeded Sock upset 2014 U.S. Open champ Marin Cilic in the third round, never facing a break point.
The 29-year-old broke Edmund in the 10th game to book his spot in the last eight and take one step closer to winning his third grand slam of the year, having already triumphed at the Australian Open and Roland Garros.
He will face a quarter-final with Stan Wawrinka after the Swiss player’s 6-4 6-1 6-7 (5) 6-3 victory over Illya Marchenko.
It is the first time since 1947 that three French men have reached the quarterfinals of one Grand Slam.
Caroline Wozniacki has an apartment in Manhattan, so the U.S. Open offers all the benefits of a home tournament for her sleeping in her own bed, lunch or dinner out with friends every day.
Marcos Baghdatis was warned by a chair umpire for using his cellphone during a changeover while losing his U.S. Open fourth-round match against Gael Monfils.
Tsonga has gone away pretty tamely in most of their recent clashes, but he’s struggled with his fitness on a regular basis in the last few years and maybe now that he’s feeling fit we might see a competitive match. I wanted to make him move around the court and I think my baseline shots, both forehand and backhand, were working really well’.
Wozniacki is a two-time runner-up at Flushing Meadows, but she is unseeded and ranked only 74th after a season filled with injuries and poor results.
If del Potro gets the better of Wawrinka to reaches semis, he would be the lowest-ranked man to do so at a Grand Slam since 237th-ranked Vladimir Voltchkov at Wimbledon in 2000.
If Kerber reaches the final, then Serena Williams must win the title to stay on top of the pile. She hadn’t won a match at a major in 2016 until arriving in NY. Thiem retired with an apparent knee injury while trailing 6-3, 3-2.
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They broke Sania and Marin claimed another service break in the seventh game to take the lead. Two years of playing at the tour’s lower-level events have built her ranking to No. 158, and she registered wins over the world Nos. “So coming into the second week of a grand slam, it’s exactly where I want to be”.
