US Open Tennis 2016: Tuesday Night Draw TV Schedule, Start Times and Picks

Novak Djokovic is gunning for his 12th Grand Slam title as he continues to roll along in the U.S. Open. If he is going to be successful in the tournament’s championship round, he is going to have to battle France’s best tennis players in back-to-back rounds.

Djokovic faces Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Tuesday night in the quarterfinal round of the U.S. Open. If he is successful against his hard-serving opponent, he will play the winner of the Lucas Pouille-Gael Monfils match in the semifinals.

All three Frenchmen are playing exceptional tennis, and they have been quite effective so far in the U.S. Open. However, it would be somewhat shocking if any of them can stop Djokovic and keep him from reaching the final.

Djokovic was impressed with Pouille, who defeated Rafael Nadal in the fourth round.

“He absolutely deserved to get that win,” Djokovic told Christopher Clarey of the New York Times. “We all know how tough it is to play against Nadal. He makes you work for each point. So very impressive from Lucas.”

Djokovic came into the U.S. Open with a wrist problem that had impacted him in the Rio Olympics. The world’s No. 1 player lost in the first round in Brazil.

In the U.S. Open, he had a walkover in the second round against Jiri Vesely and a short match in the third because his opponent, Mikhail Youzhny, had to retire in the first set.

He rolled to an easy 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund in the …

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