Actress Alba Rohrwacher attends a premiere for "Blood of my Blood" at the 72nd Venice Film Festival in Venice Jusuf Nurkic Jersey , Italy, on Sept. 8, 2015. (XinhuaJin Yu) Actress Lidiya Liberman attends a premiere for "Blood of my Blood" at the 72nd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 8, 2015. (XinhuaJin Yu) (L to R) Actor Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Alba Rohrwacher and Lidiya Liberman attend a premiere for "Blood of my Blood" at the 72nd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 8, 2015. (XinhuaJin Yu) Actress Alba Rohrwacher (R) attends a premiere for "Blood of my Blood" at the 72nd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 8, 2015. (XinhuaJin Yu) Director Marco Bellocchio attends a premiere for "Blood of my Blood" at the 72nd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 8, 2015. (XinhuaJin Yu) Actress Lidiya Liberman attends a premiere for "Blood of my Blood" at the 72nd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 8, 2015. (XinhuaJin Yu) Thanks to injuries to two opponents, Novak Djokovic did not exactly need to put in much work to reach the U.S. Open's fourth round for the 10th consecutive year.
So it made sense that the defending champion and No. 1 seed would spend extra time practicing in Arthur Ashe Stadium under the watchful eye of coach Boris Becker on Friday after spending a grand total of 31 minutes of match time on court over the second and third rounds.
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, motions after Mikhail Youzhny, of Russia, retired from their match in the first set during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in New York. (AP PhotoJason DeCrow)
"This particular situation I never had in my Grand Slam career. But considering the stage of the season, the amount of matches I've played, what I've been through with my body, I think it's actually good to have some days off and then shorter matches, from one side," Djokovic said. "From the other side, sure, as you are approaching second week of the Grand Slam, you want to have match play and you want to have time spent on the center court before you face one of the top players."
Yes, Djokovic got another free pass at Flushing Meadows, advancing this time when Mikhail Youzhny stopped because of a strained left hamstring while trailing 4-2 after a little more than a half-hour of play.
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