Home hopes in the US Open were blown away by Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka yesterday when he outlasted Sam Querrey in a marathon fourth round tie
Home hopes in the US Open were blown away by Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka yesterday when he outlasted Sam Querrey in a marathon fourth round tie.
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The 7-6 (11/9), 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 defeat means that there will be no US player in the men's singles quarter-finals for the second year in a row. Last year was the first time that had happened in the Open era dating back to 1968.
"It was an amazing match to finish here and to beat him in five sets was crazy. I was just fighting all the time to keep aggressive with my game," the 25-year-old Wawrinka said after reaching his first Grand Slam quarter-final.
His opponent for a place in the semi-finals will be 12th-seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny, who beat Tommy Robredo of Spain 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Wawrinka reached the fourth round by playing some of the best tennis of his life to defeat fourth seed Andy Murray of Britain in four sets.
The Swiss let slip a golden chance of grabbing the match when he squandered four second set points before Querrey run off six points in a row from 0-3 down in the ensuing tie-break to level the match. After sharing the third and fourth sets, both players looked leg weary going into the fifth set and another tie-break looked on the cards until Wawrinka gathered his forces for one last push in Game 10. He finished Querrey with a chip and charge on his second match point.
The 28-year-old Youzhny, the sole surviving Russian in the men's draw, grabbed the first break of serve of the match in the 11th game to take the first set against Robredo. He then had back-to-back breaks in the second to take a commanding two sets to love lead.
Games went with serve in the third set until 5-4 for Robredo when the Spaniard finally bagged a break of serve, Youzhny hitting a forehand wide on break point.
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