“It was not the best end to the match,” the world No. 2 lamented. “I should have done better with the break up in the first. I think I did a good job to hang around the second set. I also had chances of my own. It remained close, but I never felt like things were really happening the way I wanted them to be going during the whole match.”
Monfils interview:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmX4qMAICkk]
Dimitrov interview:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q8X4JrUtVA]
As usual, things went exactly how Novak Djokovic wanted from start to finish. The top seed extended his winning streak to 14 matches by making routine 6-4, 6-0 work of Andreas Haider-Maurer. Haider-Maurer was the only unseeded participant in the entire third round and Djokovic treated him accordingly, disposing of the Austrian in a mere 56 minutes.
Not unexpectedly, Rafael Nadal had a much tougher day at the office against a far more dangerous opponent. An in-form John Isner player another strong match against Nadal but fell to 0-5 in the head-to-head series following a 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-3 loss. The Spaniard struck seven aces without double-faulting as he prevailed in two hours and 20 minutes.
“My mentality in the third (set was) very positive,” Nadal explained. “The game, the level of tennis improved a little bit in the third than in the previous two sets. That’s very important for me. (I’m) very happy to be in quarterfinals; very important result for me.”
Nadal-Isner highlights:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klJCEeh8TAs]
Nadal’s difficult draw continues on Friday in the form of a quarterfinal date with countryman David Ferrer. Djokovic will go up against Marin Cilic, while Dimitrov and Monfils will collide. The other quarterfinal pits Milos Raonic against Tomas Berdych.
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