Djokovic through to US Open quarterfinals

Italian seventh seed Roberta Vinci was first through to the US Open quarters, beating Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko 7-6 (5) 6-2.

Djokovic has won 15 out of his 26 encounters with Tsonga.

“I made Kyle work for each point and kept him moving around the court”, said Djokovic, who had a bye through his second round and only played one set of his third round before his opponent retired. “He didn’t play at the level that he can but his forehand is really big”, Djokovic said. I take loads of positives from the way I’ve been playing.

He wrapped up the first two sets in little over an hour, but Edmund produced some crunching forehands to break Djokovic’s serve in the third game of the third set, prompting the top seed to seek a medical timeout.

He added: “It’s a little bit of an unknown because I’ve never played a match on that court in front of that crowd. It was tough but I came off a lot happier than I was during the match because I started to impose myself in the third set”.

Edmund’s run to the fourth round included victories over 13th seed Richard Gasquet and 20th seed John Isner.

“So, yeah, you’re just anxious because you want to go out there and experience it. The good thing is, I feel like there’s a lot of things I can improve on”.

“It feels great to play a match”, Djokovic said in an on-court interview.

In the following game the world number one had two break point chances to extend his lead but the Brit forced the Serb into making errors.

If Kerber reaches the final, Williams must win the title to top stay on top of the pile.

“He does seem like a profile of a person and a player that is very committed, very professional, down-to-earth, nice guy, good manners”. I need something more that was not there today.

“When it happens it will be an wonderful feeling, because that was also one of my dreams when I was a kid”. To win three best-of-five sets, I’ve never done in my career.

The world no.25 defeated the Spaniard 6-1 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-6 (8-6), to leave the 14-time grand slam victor to debate over what had let him down this time.

The world No1 will be hoping that normal service has been resumed after his run of 28 consecutive appearances in Grand Slam quarter-finals ended at Wimbledon, where he admitted he was troubled by personal issues and was followed by a shocking first-round exit at the Olympics.

Pouille came out firing, pushing Nadal back with an array of deep groundstrokes and angled shots.

It is the first time since 1947 that three French men have reached the quarterfinals of one Grand Slam. Then, from 2-0 down in the third set, the 21-year-old fought back.

Andy Murray will see if he can join them when he faces Grigor Dimitrov on Monday. Third-seeded Stan Wawrinka, sixth-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan, eighth-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem and former champion Juan Martin del Potro will also battle for quarterfinal berths.