03.09.2017
The world No. 1 toyed with the crowd with his scary first set against lucky loser Leonardo Mayer , dropping a tiebreak before storming away to win the next three sets 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday night. "So for me it's another opportunity to compete, try to compete better than what I did". Standing between Nadal and the quarterfinals is a matchup against Alexandr Dolgopolov of the Ukraine on Monday.