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US Open 2016 News
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Kerber, another player with a deep well of stamina, tapped into those reserves on a sweltering Arthur Ashe Stadium court to defuse big-hitting Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-3 4-6 6-4 to capture her second grand slam title.
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Ivo Karlovic served his way into the US Open record books when he fired 61 aces in his five-set win over Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan.
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Djokovic has advanced to 19 of the past 25 Grand Slam finals.
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Kerber is still smarting from Pliskova`s upset win over her last month in the final at Cincinnati.
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India are already without their top players such as Yuki Bhambri and Somdev Devvarman, who are recuperating from their respective injuries.
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Djokovic on Friday made the US Open final for the seventh time with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win over Gael Monfils of France.
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It was the first grand slam title for the unseeded Pavic and Siegemund, who swept through all 10 sets and three tie-breaks to hoist the trophy.
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Semis line-ups: Serena Williams vs Karolina Pliskova, Caroline Wozniacki vs Angelique Kerber; Novak Djokovic vs Gael Monfils, Stan Wawrinka vs Kei Nishikori
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World number one Djokovic takes a 12-0 career lead over Monfils into their semi-final on Friday while Nishikori looks to build on his shock five-set win over Andy Murray against Wawrinka.
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It was at the semi-final stage at Flushing Meadows last year that Williams crumbled under the pressure of chasing a rare calendar-year Grand Slam as she fell to eventual runner-up Roberta Vinci.
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Pliskova will face either Serena Williams or Romanian Simona Halep for a place in Saturday`s championship match.
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Time and again, Murray has looked a world class player in Grand Slams before reaching finals.
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"I couldn`t bend my knee too much in the last three days so I was handicapped a little bit," said Thiem.
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Seventh seeds Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Krejcikova defeated unseeded American-Japanese pair of Nicole Gibbs and Nao Hibino 6-4,7-5 in a third round match.
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"I just gave everything I had," said Halep.
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Sania Mirza is the lone surviving Indian in the tournament.
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"Feels great to play a full match after a weird couple of days when I didn't have too much tennis," said Djokovic.
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The taut battle came down to the fifth-set tiebreaker and Nadal, trailing 3-6, showed his mettle by saving three match points -- the third on Pouille`s serve.
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Sevastova thus became the first Latvian woman in 22 years to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final.
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