US Open: World No.1 Iga Swiatek fends off Jessica Pegula to seal semi-finals spot
Swiatek had 22 winners in the clash to Pegula's 14, and she finished with only three more unforced errors than the American.
Swiatek had 22 winners in the clash to Pegula's 14, and she finished with only three more unforced errors than the American.
The match finished at 2:49 a.m., which has also set the record for the longest duration US Open match ever played.
In a two-hour, 26-minute encounter marred by rain, Rublev won 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, gaining crucial breaks in all three sets to emerge victorious.
Right from the start, the 21-year-old Italian felt out of place with 14 double faults and managed to put just 46 per cent of first serves into play.
Playing for a spot in the quarterfinals, the players kept coming back at each other to provide the spectators with an absolute spectacle of a match.
This will be 24-year-old Tiafoe's second Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance after his 2019 run at the Australian Open. Tiafoe has never progressed beyond the quarterfinals in majors.
Rublev prevailed 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in a two hours, 26 minute match that was hampered by rain by securing important breaks in each of the three sets.
Gauff, only 18, is the youngest American woman to reach the quarters here since 2009. She produced a stunning performance to defeat Shuai 7-5, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals.
According to 'Xinhua', World No. 7 Ruud, who has a much higher ranking than Moutet, notched up the 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-2 win to set up a meeting with 13th seed Matteo Berrettini of Italy, who scraped past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
The 37-year-old Nadal, who was tested in his second-round clash by Italy's Fabio Fognini, faced no such issues against Gasquet as the Spaniard won his 18th consecutive match against the Frenchman.
