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 | Murray continues his title defense, Djokovic defeated Granoyers4-09-2013 |
The current champion Andy Murray reached the quarterfinals of the US Open for the third consecutive year after defeating Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan with 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
The Scot, who is third in the main draw of the tournament, will compete in the next round with the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, eliminated the Czech Tomas Berdych after winning with 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8/6), 6-2.
World number one Novak Djokovic - champion in New York since 2011, also qualified for the next stage of the competition, beating the Spaniard Marcel Granoyers with 6-3, 6-0, 6-0 in just 79 minutes. The next opponent seeded one in the scheme is Mikhail Youzhny who reached the quarterfinals after winning with 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-5 over Lleyton Hewitt.
Ultimately, the quarterfinals in men of U.S. Open Tennis Championship are Novak Djokovic - Mikhail Youzhny, Andy Murray - Stanislas Wawrinka, Richard Gasquet - David Ferrer and Tommy Robredo - Rafael Nadal.
In ladies the champion Serena Williams removed the Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro with 6-0, 6-0 and is now in the semifinals, and for a place in the final the American will compete with the Chinese girl Na Li, defeated Ekaterina Makarova from Russia with 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2.