At the flushing meadows, Spanish second seed Rafael Nadal had too much quality to see off 2014 champion Marin Cilic as he battled to reach the US Open quarter-finals with a four-set win.
Nadal, the 18-time Grand Slam champion will play Argentine 20th seed Diego Schwartzman in the last eight.
Since Novak Djokovic retired in his game against Stan Wawrinka, Rafael Nadal is now considered one of the favourites to win the tournament alongside Swiss great Roger Federer who will play Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday.
