Andy Murray will contest his sixth U.S. Open quarterfinal on Wednesday, looking to maintain his stranglehold over Kei Nishikori and take a step closer to a dream title showdown with Novak Djokovic. All in all, Murray is on a 26-1 run since losing the French Open final to Djokovic in June, collecting the Queen's Club, Wimbledon and Olympic titles on the way. But he won't underestimate the threat posed by Nishikori, who made the final in New York in 2014 having knocked out Djokovic in the semifinals. World number one Djokovic, the champion in New York in 2011 and 2015, has hardly broken sweat in the first four rounds. "It's going to be good challenge to play against him," said Wawrinka who is in his fourth successive US Open quarter-final and is a two-time semi-finalist.

Source: The Hindu September 06, 2016 10:07 UTC