Having played only a little over five hours of tennis so far in the tournament, the Serb now faces Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the last eight, but he insists he feels in good shape.
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Djokovic beat Edmund in straight sets despite an elbow complaint.
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, hits a return shot to Kyle Edmund, of Britain, during the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, in NY.
But Edmund went on to save all three and then break twice himself – and Isner’s fate for the set was sealed when he failed to make a simple forehand volley.
It means the 21-year-old has reached the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time and his reward is a showdown with Djokovic, the 12-time major champion and top seed in NY.
He led by a break at 1-0 and 4-2 in the fifth set, but Pouille broke back to 4-all, and eventually converted his fourth match point in the tiebreaker with a gutsy forehand victor to close a 16-stroke exchange.
Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Ivan Dodig lost in straight sets to Barbora Krejcikova and Marin Draganja in the second round of the mixed doubles category at the US Open tennis tournament here on Sunday.
Tsonga is fresh off an impressive four-set victory against Jack Sock, but he will be tested against the world’s top-ranked player.
Tenth seed Gael Monfils also advanced as he triumphed over Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, but fourth seed Rafael Nadal was the big casualty on Sunday as the Spaniard was beaten by 24th seed Lucas Pouille 1-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6). This is Tsonga’s third US Open quarterfinal, but he’s never made the semifinals in this tournament.
Italian Roberta Vinci beat Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko 7-6 (5) 6-2 to book her place in the quarters.
He has reached at least the quarterfinals at 29 of the past 30 Grand Slam tournaments – the exception was his loss in the third round of Wimbledon in June against Sam Querrey.
Serena Williams versus Venus Williams could happen in the semifinals of the 2016 US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York.
“Obviously it was his first Arthur Ashe night session, his first match in the biggest stadium in our sport”.
She was soon followed by Anastastija Sevastova, who shocked Britain’s Jo Konta, and Caroline Wozniacki, whose renaissance continued unabated as she overcame home hope Madison Keys. When they stepped back out, Edmund immediately broke him for a 3-2 lead, in what was a wild turn of events.
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The match lasted one hour and 55 minutes and was controlled by the world leader. “So coming into the second week of a grand slam, it’s exactly where I want to be”. The second seed beat the Czech 6-3 7-5 in a match that lasted for 88 minutes.
