Rafael Nadal easily returned to the U.S. Open quarter-finals for the first time in four years by routing Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 on Monday. He never gave the unseeded Dolgopolov a chance on Monday, breaking serve six times in the one hour, 41 minute match. Nadal hadn't reached the quarter-finals in Flushing Meadows since the last of his two U.S. Open titles in 2013. 9 seed David Goffin 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-3, and will be Nadal's fifth straight unseeded opponent. Pliskova advances with easeThe second match of the day at Arthur Ashe Stadium started perhaps a little earlier than expected, thanks to the ease of Pliskova's victory.

Source: CBC News September 04, 2017 18:37 UTC