Thiem retires, del Potro into US Open quarters

On Saturday, Serena Williams sped past another milestone en route to the US Open fourth round as men’s contenders Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka clawed their way into the last 16.

Queen’s Club will increase its Centre Court capacity by 2,000 (around 30 per cent) for next year’s Aegon Championships.

The 142nd-ranked del Potro has been willed along by fans in NY who fondly remember his 2009 title and respect his comeback from three left wrist surgeries.

Tuesday – The deadline for Davis Cup semi-final team announcements means Great Britain captain Leon Smith will need to name his side.

World number one and defending champion Serena, trying to break the record of 22 grand slam titles she shares with Steffi Graf, plays number 52 Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan.

“Hopefully Roger is going to keep playing and I know I am, so hopefully we can keep winning a few more”.

Serena Williams surpassed Roger Federer for most Grand Slam match victories in tennis’ Open era with No. 308, a 6-2, 6-3 win over Yaroslava Shvedova on Monday to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals.

The match between Alessandro Giannessi and Denis Kudla at the US Open last week set a new Open-era record for the fewest games in a completed five-set match (36).

The remaining four last-16 matches take place Monday when world No. 1 and six-time victor Serena Williams tackles Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan.

It’s not the first and won’t be the last – unless there’s some kind of LTA clampdown on players tweeting such pictures.

The 31-year-old third seed saved the match point at 5/6 in the fourth set tiebreaker, breaking the will of his 64th-ranked opponent. Bopanna, who partnered Gabriela Dabrowski in the mixed doubles, won the match after coming down from one set down to win 5-7, 6-3, 10-7 against Lukasz Kubot and Andrea Hlavackova.

Many of Murray’s troubles against Paolo Lorenzi were of his own making as he allowed the energetic Italian journeyman to make him look ordinary through two sets before pulling himself together to win 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.

Del Potro could face third-seeded Stan Wawrinka, who he defeated at Wimbledon, in the quarterfinals.

He takes on eighth-seeded Dominic Thiem, who turned 23 on Saturday and is grappling with the wear and tear of a long season. He returned to the court for one point before deciding he couldn’t go on. On top of that, he had played 12 sets through three rounds at the U.S. Open. But I worked it out, won, got through, and I didn’t play good.

At No. 142, del Potro is the lowest-ranked U.S. Open quarterfinalist since Jimmy Connors in 1991.

The third round of the US Open concluded on Saturday, with Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka among those to advance in NY.

Among the women’s highlights are back-to-back afternoon matches on Ashe with the Williams sisters.

Now the 22nd-seeded Dimitrov is in the round of 16 at a major for the first time since the 2015 Australian Open.

Women’s fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska advanced easily, dispatching France’s Caroline Garcia 6-2, 6-3 to set up a meeting with Croatian Ana Konjuh, a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 victor over American Varvara Lepchenko.