NEW YORK — Third-seeded Andy Murray was knocked out of the U.S. Open by big-serving South African Kevin Anderson, who reached his first grand slam quarter-final with a 7-6(5) 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(0) win on Monday.
Anderson, the 15th seed who had lost the seven previous times he had reached the fourth round of a grand slam, finally came through on the strength of a big forehand and a brilliant display of serving against one of the game's best returners.
"I played one of the best matches of my career," said Anderson. "To do it at this stage, at this round, to get through to the quarter the first time in a slam definitely means a lot to me.