US Open: Day three talking points

Sport360 staff 00:45 01/09/2016
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  • Djokovic had a tennis-free day at Flushing Meadows.

    NOVAK DJOKOVIC THROUGH WITHOUT HITTING A BALL

    Novak Djokovic made the last 32 of a major for the 33rd successive time without hitting a ball Wednesday while former world number one Caroline Wozniacki stopped the rot eating away at her career.

    Top see Djokovic was handed a walkover when Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic withdrew from their second round encounter suffering an inflammation of the left forearm.

    Vesely’s misfortune was a welcome boost for top seed Djokovic who had required treatment on his upper right arm in his laboured first round win over Jerzy Janowicz on Monday.

    Left-hander Vesely had defeated the Serb at the Monte Carlo Masters in April.

    Djokovic will face either Guido Pella of Argentina or Mikhail Youzhny of Russia on Friday for a place in the last 16.

    @djokernole being interviewed after winning his first round @usopen

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    CAROLINE WOZNIACKI CAUSES UPSET

    Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova is getting a handle on New York City, now if she could just get to grips with her game.

    The Czech star, who has endured a litany of illnesses and injuries this season, admits she never knows what to expect when she steps on the court these days.

    “Every match it’s difficult and really tough to see what I’m going to be,” said Kvitova, who is keeping expectations low at the US Open despite reaching the third round with two straight-sets victories.

    “If I can make the second week, I would be very happy.”

    KVITOVA KEEPING HER GAME UNDER WRAPS

    Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova is getting a handle on New York City, now if she could just get to grips with her game.

    The Czech star, who has endured a litany of illnesses and injuries this season, admits she never knows what to expect when she steps on the court these days.

    “Every match it’s difficult and really tough to see what I’m going to be,” said Kvitova, who is keeping expectations low at the US Open despite reaching the third round with a 7-6(2) 6-3 win over Turkey’s Cagla Buyukakcay on Wednesday.

    “If I can make the second week, I would be very happy.”

    Kvitova is without a title since winning at New Haven in August of 2015, a victory that was followed by a quarter-final appearance in the US Open.

    But since finishing last year at sixth in the world, she has fallen to 16th and suffered a second-round exit on her beloved grass at Wimbledon.

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