Softly-spoken David Ferrer is happy to be the US Open fourth seed nobody mentions, preferring to let his racquet do his talking for him at Flushing Meadows. Ferrer, 30, reached his fourth Grand Slam quarter-final of 2012 when he beat France’s Richard Gasquet 7-5, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 on Tuesday in a last-16 tie which was spread over seven hours because of two lengthy rain delays. In the absence of former champion Rafael Nadal, he is his country’s only hope of a Spanish champion this year. However, only Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are talked of as tournament winners. “I don’t care. That’s normal. Djokovic and Murray and Federer, they deserve the attention because they are amazing players. So it’s not a problem for me,” he said. “I’m trying do my best, do my best as possible”
Ferrer in last eight: Spain’s David Ferrer reached his fourth Grand Slam quarter-final of 2012 Tuesday when he beat Richard Gasquet 7-5, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 in a rain-hit US Open last-16 tie which took over seven hours to complete. But defending champion Novak Djokovic was left in limbo by the torrential rain which caused more than six hours to be lost from the programme, most of it from two lengthy delays which constantly pushed back the schedule. The second-seeded Serb only had 10 minutes on court, which allowed him to take a 2-0 lead over Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka in his fourth-round match. Andy Roddick, the 2003 champion, who is playing in his last tournament before retirement, was into a first-set tie-break with 2009 winner Juan Martin Del Potro.
