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Woods, playing his fourth US PGA Tour event since returning in January from spinal fusion surgery last April, fired a four-under par 67 that left him tied for second on eight-under 205 alongside former US Open champion Justin Rose of England and American Brandt Snedeker

Nadal, 31, was forced to pull out of the 2017 season-ending ATP Masters last month due to a knee injury after an exhausting season in which he won the French and US Opens

Nadal had reached the fourth round with minimal fuss and he was favourite to prevail against 24th seed Pouille, who had already gone the distance on two occasions during the opening week at Flushing Meadows

The top two seeded players had to wait three hours before taking to the court due to heavy rain in New York and it was Djokovic who looked the sharper of the two players after the long wait, as the Serb broke his veteran opponent early in the first set

The 26th seed looked the sharper of the two Italians in the early exchanges and she made a breakthrough in an extraordinary game as Vinci finally lost her serve after saving six break points