Andy Murray fell out of the US Open, under a barrage of aces and service winners off the racquet of towering South African Kevin Anderson, in a match that ended two grand slam streaks.
Anderson reached his first grand-slam quarter-finals with a 7-6(5)6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(0) victory at Louis Armstrong Stadium after a string of seven losses in fourth round matches at grand slams.
Murray‘s loss snapped the Briton’s run of having reached 18 consecutive grand slam quarter-finals.
That court is a lot quicker than Ashe. I felt like I was on the back foot quite a lot. Wasn’t able to play that offensively.But when you’re playing against someone that has the game style that he does, you’re always going to have to do a fair bit of defending, especially if he serves well.
– Andy Murray
Murray lamented some lost chances against the 6-foot-8 (2.03m) South African, seeded 15th. He was struggling with a head cold in the past week and battled back to victory in the second round from two sets down, but did not blame fatigue.
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