'Novak Djokovic is one the greatest champions our sport has ever seen,' the US Open Twitter account said on Friday. Open champion, reached the semifinals for the second year in a row, defeating the top American man, 11th-seeded John Isner, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2.Twitter Due to your consent preferences, you’re not able to view this. The players will walk on to the Arthur Ashe Stadium court around 7 p.m. 1 now as she was two years ago, but she’s still an amazing player.” It doesn’t have to be that I beat her, but just to be there and play against her. “If I’m this far, I want to be in Arthur Ashe, playing Serena. “I came here to play that match,” said Pliskova, who has yet to lose a set in this tournament. Open semifinals two years ago on her way to the final. Karolina Pliskova beat Serena Williams in the U.S. With the loss of third-seeded Sloane Stephens earlier Tuesday, Pliskova is the only remaining top-10 seed in the women’s singles tournament. Serena Williams was broken in the third game of the first set against Karolina Pliskova, but rallied to win the last four games and claim the set, 6-4. But Nadal broke him, then won the set himself, 7-5, by breaking Thiem again in a marathon 14-point game. Nadal roars back in third setĭominic Thiem broke Rafael Nadal at 3-3 in the third set with a blistering backhand return winner, and then served for the set three games later at 5-4. But none of those victories came in a best-of-five-set match. Unlike many players in the younger generation, Thiem, 25, has had success against Nadal, winning three of their previous matches. This is the 11th meeting between Thiem and Nadal, but their first on a surface other than clay. But Thiem took a 3-0 lead in the tiebreaker, helped by some sloppiness from Nadal, and held on to take the set. As in the third set, Thiem went up a break and then lost it. Nadal and Thiem head to a fifth setĪt about 12:50 a.m., Dominic Thiem sent his quarterfinal match against Rafael Nadal by winning the fourth-set tiebreaker. Nadal will play third-seeded Juan Martin del Potro in the semifinals on Friday. But on match point, the only one in nearly five hours, Thiem hit an overhead long. Thiem unleashed 74 winners and even won more total points than Nadal, 171-166. The match took 4 hours 49 minutes and ended just after 2 a.m.

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