Serbia’s high tennis participant Novak Djokovic cruised into the US Open quarter-finals with a dominant straight-sets win over qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.
Within the first 4 video games, Djokovic broke Struff’s serve twice and rapidly took management of the opening set. The German managed to interrupt again as soon as, however Novak’s strong baseline play secured him a 1-0 lead.
Each gamers served nicely firstly of the second set, with no break level possibilities till 3-3. Then Djokovic stepped up, hitting deep, exact pictures that pressured Struff into errors, incomes one other break. An identical state of affairs within the eighth sport helped Novak go up 2-0 in units.
The four-time US Open champion began the third set confidently, grabbed an early break, and closed out the match with ease.
Djokovic performed near-perfect tennis, staying constant from the primary level, serving nicely, returning sharply, and attacking every time doable, making this a routine victory after one hour and 49 minutes of play.
Match statistics: aces (12-6), double faults (0-6), winners (33-19), unforced errors (20-32), whole factors gained (90-62).
Subsequent up for Novak is in-form American Taylor Fritz. Djokovic owns an ideal 10-0 H2H file in opposition to the fourth seed, who reached the US Open last final yr.
The quarter-final match is scheduled on Tuesday.
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