Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev continues to fight at the US-2025 open championship. The Olympic champion in the mixture and the 15th racket of the world confidently passed the second opponent and made his way to the third round of the tournament, confirming the status of one of the favorites of his part of the grid.

Successful start and new rival

Rublev began his journey in New York with a victory over the Croatian Dino Zazhmich (124th racket of the world). The Russian looked collected, showed high -quality tennis and completed the meeting in 1 hour 59 minutes with a score of 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 4. Aises, aggressive draws and one hundred percent implementation of Break Punts allowed him to reach the second circle without any problems.

Here, the rival of the Muscovite was the American Tristan Boyer, occupying 113th place in the world ranking. Previously, Rublev and a boyfriend on the court did not meet. An additional intrigue was created by the fact that Boyer received Wild Card from the organizers and was clearly set to say loudly about himself.

Rublev was able to squeeze

The match began with the filing of the boy. The Russian immediately outlined his intentions: powerful blows from the back line and an aggressive reception soon had fruit. In the fifth game, Rublev designed the first break, and then fixed the success of another. The result is 6: 3 in favor of Andrei in 33 minutes. His coaches Fernando Vicente and Marat Safin applauded from the stands.

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The beginning of the second batch turned out to be difficult. The boyfriend, who was supported by the stands, made a quick break – 1: 0. However, the Russian did not allow him to develop success. After a protracted game, where the “Rivne” on the scoreboard appeared four times, Rublev nevertheless selected the rival and equalized the score-1: 1. This episode became a turning point: Andrei added in speed, more often began to go to the grid and acted in a split. Then he took three game in a row and confidently closed the set – 6: 3.

It seemed that the game was following a familiar scenario, but the American managed to cheer up the audience. Boyer took a chance, played boldly and began to get along the lines. In this party, he showed the best tennis for the entire match: Ais, cut strokes and spectacular outputs to the grid allowed him to keep balance. Boyer at the score of 6: 5 in his favor was realized by Break Point and took the set-7: 5. The stands exploded with applause, and Rublev for the first time in the match forced fans to worry.

At the beginning of the fourth set, Rublev again led with a break – 1: 0, but the boy answered the same – 2: 2. Further, tennis players took their feeds without a chance for the opponent, and the fate of the party decided on a tie-break. Here the experience and composure of the Russian affected. Rublev confidently served, played several sharp draws and did not flinch on the matchball. He completed the meeting effectively – Ace from the second presentation.

The final account is 6: 3, 6: 3, 5: 7, 7: 6 (7: 4).

Andrey Rublev / Photo: © Al Bello / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

The match lasted 2 hours 55 minutes. Rublev made 21 Ace, made five double errors and implemented five breeze punts out of 11. His opponent was marked by his seven films, he made a mistake at the presentation six times and realized three launching a point of seven.

In the next round, the rival of the Russian will be Chuck Lam Coleman Wong (Hong Kong, Q). In the game that Rublev demonstrated in the first two meetings, he has every chance to break through in the second week of the competition.