World number three Andy Murray will meet Swiss number two Stanislas Wawrinka in the US Open quarterfinals after defeating Denis Istomin, an unseeded player from Uzbekistan on Tuesday night. The Wimbledon 2013 champion fought back from a first set deficit to seal the victory and continue his title defense in New York 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
Murray admitted that it was a difficult match to win considering the windy conditions at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.
“I wanted to just try and get through the match,” he said. “In the end it was difficult conditions. It was extremely windy today.
“With the way he plays, he hits the ball pretty big and flat on both sides, strokes pretty low, hard at times to control. He made it very difficult for me. With the way the third set ended up going, I was just very happy to get it done, because he had chances at the end of the third set to go ahead.”
The 26-year old is now on an 11-match winning streak in New York. Last year, he defeated Novak Djokovic to win his first career Grand Slam title.
Wawrinka and Murray have competed against each other at the US Open twice in the past, splitting those meetings. Overall, Murray has an 8-5 head to head series advantage over Wawrinka.
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