Argentine Juan Martin del Potro pumps his fist after defeating Croatia's Borna Coric in the US Open round of 16 at Flushing Meadows yesterday. Photo: AFP
<grammarly-btn>
 
</grammarly-btn>

Defending champion Rafael Nadal on Sunday reached the US Open quarterfinals for the eighth time where he will face Dominic Thiem, one of only three men to defeat him in 2018.

World number one Nadal saw off a battling Nikoloz Basilashvili, the first Georgian in a fourth round in New York, 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-4.

Elsewhere, Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 champion, beat Borna Coric 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 to make the last-eight for a third successive year.

-@sports.life