NEW YORK, September 6th. /TASS/. The leader among Russians in the world ranking Daniil Medvedev defeated the second racket of Russia Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinal match of the US Open. Competitions are held in New York.
Source: Reuters
The meeting ended with a score of 6:4, 6:3, 6:4 in favor of Medvedev, seeded at the tournament under the 3rd number, Rublev had the 8th seed. In the semifinals, the Russian will play with the winner of the match between the Spaniard Carlos Alcaras (1st seed) and the representative of Germany Alexander Zverev (12).
Rublev reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournament for the ninth time, and for the third time this year. Earlier at this stage this season, he lost at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon to Serb Novak Djokovic. Reaching the quarter-finals is his best result in a Grand Slam tournament.
Medvedev is 27 years old, he ranks third in the ranking of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in 2022 the Russian was the first racket of the world for 16 weeks. The athlete has 20 victories in tournaments under the auspices of the organization, 5 of which he won this season. Medvedev’s best result at the Grand Slam tournaments is the victory at the US Open – 2021. In the same year, as part of the Russian team, he won the ATP Cup and the Davis Cup.
Rublev is 25 years old, he is the eighth racket of the world. He has 14 ATP titles to his credit, 2 of which he won this season. In 2021, Rublev, paired with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, became the Olympic champion in the mixed doubles, and won the Davis Cup and the ATP Cup as part of the Russian team.
The US Open is played on hard court and will end on September 10th. The prize fund of the tournament is $65 million. The current winner is the first racket of the world Alcaraz. Of the Russians, the tournament was won by Marat Safin (2000) and Medvedev (2021).
2023-09-06 21:02:09
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