The world number 1 lost, on the night of Sunday to Monday, in the round of 16 at Flushing Meadows.
After his serious warning against his compatriot Laslo Djere, Novak Djokovic reassured himself against the Croatian Borna Gojo (105th in the world), from qualifying. The future world No. 1 only needed three sets (6-2, 7-5, 6-4), Sunday September 3, to join the quarters of the US Open 2023, in New York.
Big favorite in the women’s draw, Iga Swiatek (n°1), who gave up only nine games in her first three matches, lost to Jelena Ostapenko (n°20) (3-6, 6- 3, 6-1), who joins week two at Flushing Meadows for the first time in his career.
> Novak Djokovic without shaking
Novak Djokovic continues his road to a 24th Grand Slam title: the Serb quietly eliminated the Croatian Borna Gojo (105th and from qualifying) 6-2, 7-5, 6-4, Sunday in the round of 16. The “Djoker” will thus play his thirteenth quarter-final at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday, like Andre Agassi and Roger Federer, only Ivan Lendl having done better (17).
> Iga Swiatek eliminated in the round of 16
Iga Swiatek was defending champion and the player to beat: it was therefore her pet peeve, the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, who put an end to her career on Sunday by eliminating her (3-6, 6-3, 6-1 ) from the round of 16. This premature defeat will also cost the 22-year-old Pole her place as world number 1 in favor of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, at the end of the tournament.
> End of course for Caroline Wozniacki
Former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, after eliminating Petra Kvitova (No. 11) in the second round, could not overcome Coco Gauff (No. 6), in a duel of generations. Back from retirement, the Dane and two-time US Open runner-up pushed the American all three sets, before losing 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in two hours of play.
> The American quarter between Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe
At 20, Ben Shelton qualified for the second time in his career for the quarter-finals of a Major. After having already reached this stage at the Australian Open this year, where he was eliminated by Tommy Paul, the 47th in the world took his revenge on his compatriot (n ° 14) 6-4, 6-3, 4- 6, 6-4 and continues on its way. For a place in the last four, he will be opposed to another American player, Frances Tiafoe (n°10), who made short work of the Australian Rinky Hijikata (110th in the world) 6-4, 6- 1, 6-4. Two Americans in home quarters, the New York public had not seen him since 2011 (Roddick and Isner).
2023-09-04 05:32:41
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