She acknowledged she didn’t play her best, saying “I don’t know how I came back”.
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Schwartzman is ranked 73 spots better than del Potro right now, but he’s never been in the top 50 or advanced past the second round at a major.
The U.S. Open closed its new, $150 million retractable roof atop Arthur Ashe Stadium during a match for the first time Wednesday night.
No. 14 Nick Kyrgios was forced to retire, sending Marchanko through with 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win.
Martina Hingis, the seven-time Grand Slam champion, teamed with Coco Vandeweghe, niece of former National Basketball Association player Kiki Vandeweghe, to advance in the third round of the women’s doubles draw with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Maria Irigoyen and Paula Kania.
The Argentinian has endured a nightmare spell since then with injury, after a chronic wrist problem meant he missed nine grand slams in a row.
Tomic also said: “He definitely baited me the whole set for me to say that. I didn’t expect to play at this level in this part of the year”, Del Potro told reporters.
Three surgeries – in 2010, 2014 and 2015 – kept del Potro from even taking the court in 13 of the 27 Grand Slams contested over that time period, and only at Wimbledon in 2013 did he manage to make it as far as a semifinal.
Thiem blasted 47 winners, 20 in the last set, on his way to a 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 victory over 39th-ranked Pablo Carreno Busta. The 2009 victor will be back in action Saturday against David Ferrer who just needed five sets to win. There’s no shortage of high seeds still in the tournament, as Kei Nishikori, Dominic Thiem and David Ferrer will all also be in action on Saturday.
Marchenko now faces world number three Stan Wawrinka, who survived a match point against him to win in five sets against Britain’s Dan Evans.
Goffin reached his first major quarterfinal at this year’s French Open.
The 29th-seeded Querrey lost to Janko Tipsarevic 7-6 (4), 6-7 (0), 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday. Vandeweghe’s team won, 7-6, 6-3 and will advance to the quarterfinals. Chardy beat him handsomely in their first match at Roland Garros in 2011. He finished with 34 winners and 48 unforced errors to his opponent’s 28 winners and 38 unforced errors and broke five times.
Ivanovic is a former No. 1 player and 2008 French Open victor who has slipped to No. 31 in the rankings.
Halep says she wasn’t flawless, but pleased with how she played against the Belgian.
Murray jumped to a quick 5-2 lead in the first set, then it took about 23 minutes to get through the last two games as Granollers saved six set points and got back on serve.
David Ferrer of Spain hits a return to Fabio Fognini of Italy on the fourth day of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 01 September 2016.
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No. 11 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Ana Konjuh, and No. 10 Karolina Pliskova against the victor of Saturday night’s match between Williams’s older sister Venus and No. 26 Laura Siegemund. She will face unseeded Johanna Larsson on Saturday. Halep’s best previous result at Flushing Meadows is a semifinal run past year where she lost to eventual champion Flavia Pennetta.
