Djokovic hits 60 wins at injury-plagued US Open

Shanghai Daily, September 5, 2011

Novak Djokovic racked up his 60th win of the year yesterday to join former champions Serena Williams and Roger Federer in the US Open last 16 as Flushing Meadows claimed a record 18th injury victim.

World number one Djokovic, who has lost just twice in 2011, clinched a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Russia's Nikolay Davydenko to set up a fourth round meeting with Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov.

Djokovic, the Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, had only dropped three games in his first two rounds, but wily Davydenko, a semi-finalist in 2006 and 2007, gave the Serb a decent workout under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium.

"I played well at important moments and got the crucial breaks in all three sets," said the top seed.

"He was aggressive and stayed close to the lines. But I was passive and I wasn't happy with the game."

Williams, who missed last year's tournament at the start of an 11-month injury and life-threatening illness lay-off, defeated Belarusian fourth seed Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 7-6 (7/5).

The 13-time Grand Slam champion, seeded a lowly 28, next faces former world number one Ana Ivanovic of Serbia who saw off US wildcard Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-4.

In a tournament missing defending champion Kim Clijsters, and which saw Maria Sharapova, French Open champion Li Na and Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova all fail to reach the second round, Williams looks the hot favourite.

Asked what it felt like to be blitzed 5-0 after just 17 minutes of the first set, Azarenka said: "It's painful."

Williams, who saw three match points slip away in the ninth game of the second set, insisted she still has much to work on.

"I think in the first set I played some really good tennis. In the second, she kind of dictated. I probably could have played better."

Federer reached the fourth round for the 30th consecutive time at a Grand Slam with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over Croatia's 27th seed Marin Cilic.

The third-seeded Swiss next plays Argentina's Juan Monaco who defeated Tommy Haas 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 with the German veteran committing a huge 71 unforced errors.

"It was a tough match. Coming in I knew it was going to be tricky, and I'm happy that I was able to counter his pace and his good play," said Federer.

Wozniacki, the runner-up to Clijsters in 2009, and still searching for an elusive first Grand Slam title, made the last 16 with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over America's world number 103 Vania King.

The Dane next faces 15th-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 2004 champion, who eased past Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova 6-4, 6-2.

Meanwhile, Czech ninth seed Tomas Berdych and Marcel Granollers, the Spanish 31st seed, took the tournament injury toll to a record 18 when they quit their third round matches.

Berdych was suffering from a right shoulder injury and needed treatment at the end of the first set against Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic, which he lost 6-4, and then called it quits when he was down 5-0 in the second.

Granollers was trailing Spanish compatriot and 2003 runner-up Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-1, 4-3 when he brought proceedings to a halt with a stomach strain.

Tipsarevic and Ferrero will meet for a quarter-final place.

"For me it is shocking to see so many retirements," said Federer, who has conceded just one walkover in his 973-match career.

"It doesn't matter how bad I'm feeling, I will be out there and giving it a try, because you never know what's going to happen."

Also going through on Saturday was 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, the Italian seventh seed, who saved a match point before defeating South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3.

Schiavone next faces Russian 17th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova who beat Serbian 11th seed Jelena Jankovic, the 2008 runner-up, 6-4, 6-4.

German 10th seed Andrea Petkovic made the last 16 for the second successive year with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Italian 18th seed Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-0.

She will play Carla Suarez Navarro, who put out fellow Spaniard Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-0, 6-4.

Men's eighth seed Mardy Fish defeated South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/3) and next plays French 11th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who saw off Fernando Verdasco, the 19th-seeded Spaniard, in straight sets.

主站蜘蛛池模板: 久久久久无码精品国产不卡| 亚洲网站在线播放| 日本高清在线免费| 国内精品久久久久久| 一级毛片大全免费播放| 日本又粗又长一进一出抽搐| 亚洲av无码成人网站在线观看 | 欧美国产激情18| 亚洲综合区小说区激情区| 精品久久久久久亚洲综合网| 国产一区二区欧美丝袜| 香蕉在线视频播放| 国产成人无码精品一区在线观看 | 久久亚洲精品成人无码网站| 校草被c呻吟双腿打开bl双性 | 韩国精品一区视频在线播放| 国产日韩欧美二区| 深夜福利视频网站| 国产美女一级视频| 99国产精品永久免费视频| 女人18毛片a级毛片免费视频| 丁香六月综合网| 扒开双腿猛进入女人的视频| 久久亚洲精品无码观看不卡| 日韩精品一区二区亚洲av观看 | 卡一卡2卡3卡精品网站| 色依依视频视频在线观看| 国产免费小视频| 麻豆狠色伊人亚洲综合网站| 国产极品白嫩精品| 色屁屁www欧美激情在线观看| 国产精品久久国产精品99盘| 永久免费在线观看视频| 国产精品自产拍2021在线观看| 91精品啪在线观看国产18| 在线免费看片a| 97成人碰碰久久人人超级碰OO| 大象视频在线免费观看| a√天堂中文在线最新版| 大香伊蕉在人线国产75视频| aaaa级少妇高潮大片在线观看|