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US Open 2016: Wawrinka and Nishikori made it to the semifinals

US Open-2016: Вавринка и Нисикори пробились в полуфиналIn the Open championship of the USA on tennis in the men’s singles decided another semifinal pair.

Stan Wawrinka took revenge from Juan Martin del Potro for the defeat at Wimbledon – the Swiss for the third time in four years reached the semi-finals at the US Open.

The match lasted a little over three hours. In the same position the key was the eighth game of the third party – Wawrinka made the break, gave on the set, and then won another four games. No chance of a comeback from del Potro was gone.

Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) — Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland, 3) — 6:7, 6:4, 3:6, 2:6

Andy Murray almost the first time in his career was considered the main favorite of the majors, however after a brilliant victory over Grigor Dimitrov, the British lost much more stable and psychologically stable kei nishikori.

Turning point in the match was the third game in the fourth game on break point from Murray Nishikori saved by a noise, which makes the drawing have changed. The Japanese pulled a game on his serve, finished off the demoralized opponent two breaks and led 2:0 in the final set. Murray fought until the end, however, with the score 5:5 still lost her serve and did not prevent Nishikori to apply for the semi-finals.

Kei Nishikori (Japan, 6) — Andy Murray (Britain, 2) — 1:6, 6:4, 4:6, 6:1, 7:5

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