2013 US Open Draw: Nadal vs Federer in QF; Djokovic vs Murray in SF

The 2013 US Open Men’s Singles Draw was made known on Thursday, August 22, 2013 with interesting match-ups projected in the latter stages of the tournament.

There will be no repeat of the 2012 US Open final as top seed Novak Djokovic and defending champion Andy Murray have been drawn in the top half of the 128-man draw. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are both in the bottom half of the draw and could meet in a blockbuster quarter-final clash.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC.

World No. 1 Djokovic opens his campaign against Ricardas Berankis and could face Benjamin Becker or Lukas Rosol in the second round. He has the possibility of a third-round clash with No. 25 seed Grigor Dimitrov, who defeated the Serb at the Mutua Madrid Open earlier this year. No. 16 seed Fabio Fognini is projected to meet Djokovic in the fourth round.

ANDY MURRAY.

World No.3 Murray suffered a quarter-final loss to Tomas Berdych last week in Cincinnati and is seeded to meet the Czech again in the US Open quarter-finals. Murray beat Berdych in the semi-finals of his title-winning run last year, but trails the Czech 4-6 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry. 

RAFAEL NADAL.

World No. 2 Nadal goes in as arguably the man to beat, having won back-to-back ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in Montreal and Cincinnati. Nadal will be looking to become the first player to complete the Canada-Cincinnati-US Open treble since Andy Roddick in 2003. The Spaniard, who won the career Grand Slam with victory at the US Open in 2010 (d. Djokovic), faces upcoming American Ryan Harrison in the first round with the prospect of recent Montreal semi-finalist Vasek Pospisil in the second round. In what would be a re-match of last week’s Cincinnati final, Nadal could meet John Isner in the fourth round. 

ROGER FEDERER.

Should it come to pass, Nadal and Federer would meet for the 32nd time in the quarter-finals. It would be their earliest ever meeting at a Grand Slam championship. Nadal edged the Swiss in their Cincinnati quarter-final contest last week and leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry 21-10. The 32-year-old Federer is seeded seventh and is bidding to reclaim the US Open trophy he won five years in a row between 2004-08. 

Here are the possible match-ups at the US Open 2013 Men’s singles quarterfinals should the seedings hold:

QUARTERFINALS:

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [6] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)

[2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [7] Roger Federer (SUI)

[3] Andy Murray (GBR) vs [5] Tomas Berdych (CZE)

[4] David Ferrer (ESP) vs [8] Richard Gasquet (FRA)

SEMIFINALS:

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs [3] Andy Murray (GBR)

SEE THE COMPLETE US OPEN Men's Singles DRAW

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