Andy Murray beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5 7-5 6-4 to set up a mouth-watering showdown with Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the US Open.
"It started to cool down a bit at the end but the first two sets were very long, tough sets and mentally quite draining. I'm glad I managed to get through."
Andy Murray
Andy Murray
The British no 1 looked in imperious form as he swept aside the Frenchman to record his first victory over another top-10 player since his triumph at Wimbledon back in the summer of 2013.
He has also now won 10 of his 12 meetings with Tsonga, who let slip a 4-2 lead in the second set and then missed the opportunity to take a 3-0 advantage in the third.
Murray, though, simply wore down his opponent in the intense heat in New York.
The eighth seed quickly warmed to his task on Arthur Ashe, losing just three points on his own serve in an opening set he claimed thanks to a break of serve in the 12th game just as a tie-break looked inevitable.
Things began to get a little sticky early in the second set, though, Murray finding himself under pressure on serve for the first time in the third game and responding with a drop shot that tamely landed into the net.
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