Later that season, he lost to Novak Djokovic in the fourth round in New York. Looming further down the road is a possible semifinal matchup against No. But even after Zambia’s Fashion Sakala was sent off for a second yellow card in the 56th, Algeria couldn’t score again despite a man advantage for over 30 minutes. Looking at the last couple months, he is maybe not ranked top 10 in the world, but he’s somebody who played really good tennis in the last couple months. In the tiebreak, he took a mini-break for 3-2 when Nadal inexplicably netted a routine backhand and then sealed it with an unreturnable serve. Macedonia beat Israel 1-0 in Haifa to damage the hosts’ chances of a playoff spot. US Open 2017: After defeat, Naomi Osaka gets ‘stupid question’ in press conference. The match was dragging along and while the 23,000 day session spectators enjoyed the match, there were 23,000 waiting outside in the rain for the night session to start. Next up for Thiem will be the 11th-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut or 2009 U. ncia when he was in the academy and he’d train with the big players,” Villa said.