Knighthoods for Murray and Farah in New Year’s Honors List
Lee Pearson, who won his 11th Paralympic gold in equestrian in Rio, was also knighted.
Britain’s Andy Murray was through to the quarter-finals of the US Open at Flushing Meadows here.
The second seed took out Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.
With the victory, Murray set up a quarter-final clash with sixth seed Kei Nishikori of Japan, who earlier ousted Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in his fourth round match.
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