US sinks to new low but big guns win
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American men’s tennis slumped to a grand slam low on a sweltering Sunday at the US Open as Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray stayed on course for a blockbuster semifinal.
Wildcard Tim Smyczek was America’s last hope of avoiding the embarrassment of not having a man in the fourth round of the country’s own grand slam for the first time in the Open era.
But Spain’s Marcel Granollers delivered the executioner’s blow when he beat 109th-ranked Smyczek 6-4, 4-6, 0-6, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the last 16 and condemn the United States to humiliation in a sport it once dominated.
In an historic flop, no US man reached the fourth round of any of the year’s four majors.
The US Open wipeout came on the heels of no US man reaching the third round at Wimbledon for the first time since 1912 and it leaves Andy Roddick as their most recent grand slam champion when he won in New York in 2003.
Djokovic, the reigning Australian Open champion and the US Open titlist in 2011, brushed aside world No. 95 Joao Sousa, the first Portuguese man to make the third round, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 to make the last 16.
Third-seeded defending champion Murray eased past Germany’s world No. 49 Florian Mayer, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2 while 2001 champion Lleyton Hewitt maintained his dream run with a 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-1 win over Russia’s Evgeny Donskoy.
Fifth-seeded Tomas Berdych and No. 9 Stanislas Wawrinka will meet for a spot in the quarterfinals. Wawrinka held on to beat 2006 Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (7), while 2010 Wimbledon runner-up Berdych eased to a 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 victory over No. 31 Julien Benneteau.
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