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Patna : Top seed Novak Djokovic, 33, Serbia, 3rd seed Daniil Medvedev, 24, Russia, and 10th Seed Andrey Rublev, 22, Russia, marced into the Round of 16 in men’s singles at US Open at New York City, New York, USA, on September 5, 2020.
World No 1 and winner of 17 Grand Slam singles titles Djokovic beat Jan-Lennard Struff, 30, Germany, in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in third round winning 5 break points in the match. Struff though fired 8 Aces in the match to 4 by Djokovic, who won 5 games in a row. The Serbian committed 5 double faults to 3 by the German.
Rublev crushed Salvatore Caruso, 27, Italy, 6-0, 6-4, 6-0 in third round. The Russian won 8 break points in the match to just 1 by Caruso. Rublev hammered 17 Aces in the match to just 3 by the Italian. The Russian won 8 games in a row in the match to 3 by the Italian.
Medvedev brushed aside Jeffrey John Wolf, 21, USA, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 in third round. He won 7 break points in the match to 2 by Wolf. Medvedev hammered 13 Aces in the match to 3 by Wolg.