{"id":34571,"date":"2012-09-05T22:22:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T20:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=34571"},"modified":"2012-09-07T07:28:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T05:28:08","slug":"nole-through-to-us-open-qfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/nole-through-to-us-open-qfs\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak into US Open quarter-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nole is through to the last eight of the US Open<\/a> at Flushing Meadows without dropping a set.<\/p>\n

World no.2 was leading against no.18 seed Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 6-1, 3-1 in their rain-delayed clash, when the Swiss retired due to injury.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The match resumed at 2-0 in the first set, having been rained off the night before. The set featured five breaks of serve, Nole built on his overnight lead and won it 6-4.<\/p>\n

He raced to a 5-0 lead in the second set and closed it 6-1 in 31 minutes.<\/p>\n

The defending champion was a break up in the third set when Wawrinka was forced to retire.<\/p>\n

“It’s an unfortunate situation that happened with him, but I felt that I was hitting the ball well in the last two sets before that happened,”<\/strong>\u00a0said Djokovic.\u00a0“Hopefully I can keep that going for the next match.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Novak hit four aces and served at 66 per cent. He had\u00a020 unforced errors to Wawrinka\u2019s 29, and 23 winners to his opponent\u2019s 14.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Belgrade native converted six of his seven break point chances, while Wawrinka capitalised on only two of his six opportunities.<\/p>\n

In his 14th successive Grand Slam quarter-final appearance,\u00a0Novak will play against 7th-seeded Juan Martin del Potro.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Argentine beat no.20 seed Andy Roddick\u00a07-6, 6-7, 2-6, 4-6. It was the American’s\u00a0final career match.<\/p>\n

Djokovic and DelPotro have met seven times, Nole leads 5-2.<\/p>\n

Their quarter-final encounter is scheduled on Thursday about 20.30 local time (Friday about 02.30 CET).<\/p>\n

Photo: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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