The quarter-final, but no longer. Henri Kontinen in pairs of Su-Wei Hsieh was knocked out of US Open tennis after a tight battle against the second seeded pair of Yung-Jan Chan and Rohan Bopanna.
The indisktaiwanesiska duo won the first set after the tiebreak but Kontinen and his Taiwanese partner, won the second 7-5.
The match went to the super tiebreak where Chan and Bopanna were stronger with 13-11 and Continence tournament is thus over after the loss in the men’s doubles before.
Mixed Doubles:
Henri Kontinen FIN / Su-Wei Hsieh TPE – Yung-Jan Chan TPE / Rohan Bopanna (IND 2) 2-1
“I have no words”
In the singles took the second-seeded Simona Halep and Roger Federer on to the quarterfinals, but third seed Andy Murray came to a stop.
Murray lost a little over four hours long clash against Kevin Anderson of South Africa by 1-3 in sets. Grand Slam quarter-final spot is the 29-year-old Anderson’s first career.
– I have no words. I managed to hold together the game throughout the match and played probably one of my best matches in life, says Anderson .
In the quarterfinals get Anderson against him another two-time Grand Slam winner of Stanislas Wawrinka. The fifth-seeded Swiss beat home player Donald Young 3-1 in sets.
Men
Simona Halep (2) ROU – Sabine Lisicki (24) GER 2-1
Petra Kvitova (5) CZE – Johanna Konta GBR 2-0
Victoria Azarenka (20) BLR – Varvara Lepchenko United 2-0
Flavia Pennetta (26) ITA – Samantha Stosur (22) AUS 2-0
Men:
Roger Federer (2) SUI – John Isner United 3-0
Kevin Anderson (15) RSA – Andy Murray (3) GBR 3-1
Stan Wawrinka ( 5) SUI – Donald Young USA 3-1
Richard Gasquet (12) FRA – Tomas Berdych (6) CZE 3-1
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