Murray’s sad admission; Aussie on collision course for US Open blockbuster: Wrap
Andy Murray conceded he might “need to accept” he is no longer capable of reaching the latter stages at Grand Slams after a demoralising straight-sets loss to Grigor Dimitrov in the US Open second round.
A three-time Grand Slam champion and eight-time runner-up, Murray has not been close to replicating his best since a litany of injury problems which threatened to end his career. “Ultimately these are the events that you want to play your best tennis in, and, you know, create more great moments and didn’t do that this year.”The former world number one has not made the second week of a Grand Slam since reaching the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 2017.
“I was expecting honestly five sets in a way, so I was constantly trying to remind myself I was here for the long haul,” said Dimitrov, who won a 63-minute first set to take charge against Murray. “It’s tough,” said an emotional Isner, who buried his head in his towel while soaking up the adulation of the Grandstand crowd.
Isner has won 16 ATP singles titles -- including the 2018 Miami Masters -- and eight doubles titles. He was a US Davis Cup regular, posting 15 singles victories and two doubles victories in 18 appearances in the international tournament.But it is arguably his record-breaking epic with Mahut at Wimbledon for which Isner will be best remembered, as he won the fifth set 70-68 to conclude an 11-hour epic spanning three days.
De Minaur rarely looked trouble and was clinical as the Australian won 83 per cent of first serve points and made just 10 unforced errors compared to 36 from Wu. “That’s probably the fastest three-set match I played,” Medvedev said after his blistering demolition of Balazs. Sinner, who lost to Alcaraz in a five-hour five-set epic in the last eight at last year’s tournament, eased into the third round with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win over compatriot Lorenzo Sonego.
Sinner will play either 2016 US Open champion Stan Wawrinka or Tomas Etcheverry in the third round on Saturday, with Germany’s 12th seed Alex Zverev possibly lurking in the last 16 before any meeting with Alcaraz.
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