Summary

  • Anderson wins 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-0)

  • Plays Stan Wawrinka in the last eight

  • Petra Kvitova beats Johanna Konta 7-5 6-3

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Live Reporting

Jonathan Jurejko and Stephan Shemilt

  1. Murray hails Konta's progress

    Not that Konta will be worried - not judging by her relaxed demeanour in the picture below anyway. And why should she be? The 24-year-old from Eastbourne has won 16 straight matches ahead of her match against Kvitova, whose record at Flushing Meadows is far from intimidating. The world number three has never reached the last eight in New York

    "She's obviously been on an excellent run lately," Andy Murray said of Konta. "She's very close to being the number one in Britain.

    "It suggests she has the potential to go very high if she continues on the right path."

  2. A tale of two Britons

    Murray, needless to say, is an old timer when it comes to the major tournaments. Two Slam titles, six runner-up prizes and a nine-time semi-finalist. The 28-year-old Scot has been there, done it and got several 'I love Grand Slams' T-shirts stuffed in the bottom drawer at home. Victory over the bomb-serving Kevin Anderson will stick his name in the quarter-final for a 19th successive Slam.

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    Konta? Chances are that the more casual tennis fans among you probably hadn't even heard of her until these past eight days. She is the British women's number two, originally hails from Australia and is currently playing the best tennis of her career. Standing in the way of her first Slam quarter-final spot is Petra Kvitova. That's two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova. Gulp.

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  3. One has been around the Grand Slam block, the other is stepping into unknown territory.

    But today Andy Murray and Johanna Konta are eyeing up the same prize - a place in the US Open quarter-finals...

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