Easy ride for Djoko as Kerber and Wozniacki reach US Open semis
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Top seed Novak Djokovic moved into the semi-finals of the US Open after his opponent Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retired with injury.
Djokovic was leading 6-3 6-2 at the time.
Djokovic has had an easy ride so far a walkover in the round 2, a retirement in the third round and now a second retirement in the quarter-final.
Novak Djokovic into the semi-finals of the #usopen with what has to be a record low for “time on court.” pic.twitter.com/v3a6GeDofS
— Rachel Dulitz (@racheldulitz) September 7, 2016
He meets Gael Monfils in the semis.
In the women’s tournament Germany’s Angelique Kerber moved into the semis after she defeated Italy’s Roberta Vinci with a crushing 7-5 6-0 victory.
This is so special for me… I'm back in the
usopen</a> semi-finals where it all started in 2011! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamAngie?src=hash">#TeamAngie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYC?src=hash">#NYC</a> <a href="https://t.co/W2ZbwZ7WCt">pic.twitter.com/W2ZbwZ7WCt</a></p>— Angelique Kerber (AngeliqueKerber) September 6, 2016
After a close and hard fought first set Vinci simply folded in the second.
Denmark’s former world number one, Caroline Wozniacki will be her opponent
in the last four.
Semifinals baby!!!
usopen</a> <a href="https://t.co/xkJ9EerpVN">pic.twitter.com/xkJ9EerpVN</a></p>— Caroline Wozniacki (CaroWozniacki) September 7, 2016
The Dane delivered a ruthless performance against Anastasija Sevastova, the first Latvian ever to reach a Grand Slam quarter final, 6-0 6-2