News Americas, FLUSHING, NY, Tues. Sept. 3, 2013: Third-seeded Andy Murray has confirmed his place in the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows for the third consecutive year.
Murray beat 65th-ranked Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 on a windy Tuesday night.
“Might not be that easy to see from the side, but in the court, there was a strong breeze. We were both struggling with the timing, but I thought we played some entertaining points,” Murray said after the match. “Sometimes when it’s very breezy like that, you can get some fun points.”
He was 0-4 in Grand Slam finals until his title at last year’s U.S. Open. Murray added a second major championship this July by becoming the first British man since 1936 to win Wimbledon.
He will now play No. 9 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland, who reached his second U.S. Open quarterfinal by eliminating No. 5 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-2.
