(New York) Andrey Rublev, 11e world, qualified calmly for the quarter-finals of the US Open, dismissing 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 the Briton Cameron Norrie (9e), Monday in New York where the rain was invited.
The 24-year-old Russian, who has reached this stage of the New York Major twice (2017 and 2020), will try to take this step against the Spaniard Rafael Nadal (3e) or the American Frances Tiafoe (26e).
The Russian, titled in Marseille, Dubai and Belgrade this season, also played in the quarter-finals of Majors in Australia in 2021 and at Roland-Garros in 2020 and 2022. But he has never appeared in the last four .
Under the roof of the Louis-Armstrong closed in the middle of the second set, after the appearance of the showers, Rublev made his power speak with more authority than in the previous round, when he won the super break of equality of 5e set, after more than 4 hours of combat, at the expense of Canadian Denis Shapovalov (21e) 6-4, 2-6, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 7-6 (10/7).
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Facing Norrie, an opponent he found for the third time, after winning one match and losing the second, the Russian was devilishly realistic in the first set, pocketing his first opportunity, after having improved his only ball break at 5-4.
He then kept the pressure on his opponent by snatching the serve to lead 3-1, saving the next game a break ball. Only moment of the match when the 27-year-old Briton jostled him on his commitment.
The third set was a carbon copy of the first two, although this time Rublev needed to take Norrie’s serve twice, after the latter knew against broken, to finish after 2:26.
Jessica Pegula, world No.8, also easily qualified for the quarter-finals, beating Czech Karolina Pliskova (21e), Monday in New York.
PHOTO ANGELA WEISS, FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCY Lars Vogt
The 28-year-old American reaches this stage for the first time at Flushing Meadows. She will try to do even better on Wednesday against the Polish world No.1 Iga Swiatek or the German Jule Niemeier (108e).
Pegula completely mastered the meeting, which started a little late on Arthur Ashe, due to the rain, while the roof of the huge enclosure was closed.
Whereupon she broke first. A short-lived advantage, since Kvitova, double Grand Slam winner, each time at Wimbledon (2011, 2014), was able to respond immediately. A short-lived illusion, since Pegula grabbed the serve from the Czech twice more to complete the first set.
At the start of the second set, Kvitova broke to lead 2-0 from the start. But the American wanted to finish it quickly and she did it with a bang by stealing the next three serves from her rival, helped moreover by too many unforced errors from the Czech (24).
Pegula, who also reached the quarters at the Australian Open and Roland-Garros, without yet reaching the last four in a Major, took only 1:09 to win her first victory in three confrontations against Kvitova.
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