Novak Djokovic smashed his racquet after losing the second set but recovered to win the match 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3
Top seed Novak Djokovic was made to work hard by Spain’s
Roberto Bautista Agut before he posted a 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3 win at
the U.S. Open on Sunday, moving him into his 26th consecutive
grand slam quarter-final. After Djokovic won an opening-set
groundstroke battle with steady accuracy and well chosen forays to
the net, Bautista Agut used his big forehand to come back from 4-2
down in the second and win the next four games to level the match.
The world number one smashed his racquet after losing the
second set but made better use of its replacement, winning the
third following a service break in the fifth game, before raising his
performances in the fourth set to claim victory. “Congratulations
to Bautista for hanging in there, for fighting. It was a great match
tonight,” said the Serb, winner of this year’s Australian Open and
Wimbledon titles. The Spaniard unleashed 34 winners, including
22 from the forehand, but came up short in a quest to reach his first
grand slam quarter-final. “He made me work for every point,” said
Djokovic, who will meet Spain’s Feliciano Lopez, who beat Italy’s
Fabio Fognini 6-3 7-6(5) 6-1, in the quarter-finals. Only
Jimmy Connors (27) and Roger Federer (36) have registered more
consecutive grand slam quarter-final appearances in the Open era.
Top seed Novak Djokovic was made to work hard by Spain’s
Roberto Bautista Agut before he posted a 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3 win at
the U.S. Open on Sunday, moving him into his 26th consecutive
grand slam quarter-final. After Djokovic won an opening-set
groundstroke battle with steady accuracy and well chosen forays to
the net, Bautista Agut used his big forehand to come back from 4-2
down in the second and win the next four games to level the match.
The world number one smashed his racquet after losing the
second set but made better use of its replacement, winning the
third following a service break in the fifth game, before raising his
performances in the fourth set to claim victory. “Congratulations
to Bautista for hanging in there, for fighting. It was a great match
tonight,” said the Serb, winner of this year’s Australian Open and
Wimbledon titles. The Spaniard unleashed 34 winners, including
22 from the forehand, but came up short in a quest to reach his first
grand slam quarter-final. “He made me work for every point,” said
Djokovic, who will meet Spain’s Feliciano Lopez, who beat Italy’s
Fabio Fognini 6-3 7-6(5) 6-1, in the quarter-finals. Only
Jimmy Connors (27) and Roger Federer (36) have registered more
consecutive grand slam quarter-final appearances in the Open era.
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