He saved each of those seven break points, though, and that pretty much was that.
“He had to earn it,” Querrey noted proudly. “I didn’t just give it to him.”
Fish matched the best Grand Slam result of his career, having reached the quarters at last year’s Australian Open.
Safina coasted home after a close first set against Groenefeld, the first qualifier to reach the fourth round since Anna Kournikova in 1996. Safina equaled her best result at Flushing Meadows, and kept up the best season of her career.
Safina reached the final at the French Open and later won 15 straight matches before losing to Elena Dementieva in the gold-medal match at the Olympics.
Pennetta was dazed to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final.
“I’ve had a few chances at Wimbledon and Roland Garros and didn’t make it,” she said. “To be here today it’s unbelievable. I hope its not the finish.”
In the boys’ junior singles, first-seeded Yang Tsung-hua (楊宗樺) of Taiwan survived the first round by defeating Nikolaus Moser of Austria 7-6 (6), 6-4.
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