Novak Djokovic Overcomes Injury Scare To Make History At Us Open

Novak Djokovic was cruising pinch a large early lead successful his US Open fourth-round lucifer connected Sunday nighttime erstwhile his cervix started bothering him.

Djokovic was up of qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff 4-0 successful nan first set, erstwhile he deed a nicely angled volley victor to spell up 30-love. The 24-time expansive slam champion instantly grabbed astatine nan backmost of his cervix and started turning his head. Djokovic many times stretched his cervix and flexed his correct enarthrosis betwixt points, arsenic he dropped 2 games successful a row. But he soon regained nan precocious manus against Struff, who was trying to get to a awesome quarter-final for nan first time.

The 38-year-old Djokovic went connected to make history aft completing a 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 triumph to go nan oldest man to scope nan quarter-finals astatine each 4 expansive slams successful a azygous season.

The triumph besides moves Djokovic into his 64th expansive slam quarter-final, extending his all-time record, and keeps live his pursuit of a 25th awesome title.

The wounded scare aside, Djokovic dominated, breaking nan 35-year-old German’s service six times during nan 109-minute match. Struff, classed number 144 successful nan world, had defeated 2 seeded players to scope his first US Open 4th information but was incapable to put immoderate superior unit connected nan Serb.

Djokovic will spot nan No 4 seed, Taylor Fritz for a spot successful nan semi-finals. Fritz, nan past American man successful nan bracket, moved into nan quarter-finals pinch a 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 triumph against Tomas Machac of nan Czech Republic.