Novak Djokovic wins in straight sets to reach the US Open quarterfinals

Novak Djokovic did not encounter any of the sort of trouble he did in his previous match eliminating qualifier Borna Gojo 62 75 64 to reach the US Open quarterfinalsDjokovic who has won three of his mens record 23 Grand Slam titles at Flushing Meadows needed to come back from a twoset deficit in the third round before eventually winning in five against Laslo DjereThis time Djokovic played far more cleanly and was in control throughout He finished with only 12 unforced errors while Gojo made 40Just glad to get through in straight sets said the secondseeded Djokovic who already is assured of replacing Carlos Alcaraz at No 1 in the ATP rankings next weekAlso ReadUp after dressing downDjokovic won five of the bigserving Gojos 15 service games while only getting broken once himselfNext up for Djokovic will be a matchup against No 9 seed Taylor Fritz a 25yearold from California who is the only remaining player in the mens bracket to not have dropped a set so farHe has improved so much over the years Djokovic said Obviously the matches are only going to get tougher from now onwards Im readyTheir matchup on Tuesday will be Djokovics 13th quarterfinal in New York and Fritzs firstI need to play within myself and trust that if Im playing well then thats going to be enough and I dont need to kind of do anything extra said Fritz who defeated Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker 76 2 64 64 earlier SundayDjokovic is 70 against Fritz one of three American men who won fourthround matches along with No 10 Frances Tiafoe and unseeded Ben Shelton It is the first time a trio of men from the United States made it to the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows since 2005 when Andre Agassi James Blake and Robby Ginepri did itThats amazing obviously for the US Tennis Association for the US Open as well Djokovic said All of the guys Fritz Shelton and Tiafoe use a big serve just very aggressive playThe winner of Djokovic vs Fritz will take on the winner of Tiafoe vs Shelton in the semifinalsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever