Novak Djokovic beats Jenson Brooksby to eneter US Open quarter-finals

Novak Djokovic stormed into the U.S. Open quarterfinals on Monday after defeating 99th-ranked American Jenson Brooksby 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. The Serbian tennis star is just three wins from scripting men’s tennis history. 

Djokovic will next face No. 6 seed Matteo Berrettini, the man he beat to win Wimbledon and give him 20 Grand Slam titles, tied with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for most by a male.

Meanwhile, Emma Raducanu has gone all the way from the U.S. Open qualifying rounds to the quarterfinals. The 18-year-old from Britain routed American Shelby Rogers 6-2, 6-1 to join fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez in the women’s last eight.

Raducanu reached the fourth round at Wimbledon and has gone a step further in the year’s last Grand Slam tournament, becoming just the third female qualifier to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals in the professional era.

Rogers, who upset No. 1 seed Ash Barty in the last round, jumped to a 2-0 lead before Raducanu won the next 11 games.

Another player advanced to his first Grand Slam quarterfinal when unseeded Lloyd Harris handled Reilly Opelka’s big serve and eliminated the No. 22-seeded American 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3.

Harris plays Olympic gold medalist Alexander Zverev next.

Alexander Zverev is also into the U.S. Open quarterfinals with his 15th straight victory. The No. 4 seed from Germany beat 13th-seeded Jannik Sinner 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7).

Zverev started his winning streak at the Olympics, where he beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semifinals en route to the gold medal.

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