MOSCOW, September 7 Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev lost to American Francis Tiafoe in the quarterfinal match of the final, fourth Grand Slam tournament of the season — the US Open (US Open), which takes place on hard courts in New York. ThiafoUSA, an American seeded at the tournament under the 22nd number, won with a score of 7:6 (7:3), 7:6 (7:0), 6:4. Rublev had the ninth seed. The meeting lasted 2 hours 36 minutes. According to personal meetings, the score was 2-1 in favor of Tiafoe. Tiafoe won his first victory over Rublev in the third round of last year's US Open. Rublev made 14 aces in the match, made one double fault and 38 unforced ones, actively won 31 balls. On account of Tiafoe, like the Russian, 38 unforced errors, as well as 18 aces, 46 winners and three double faults. Neither Tiafoe nor Rublev had previously played in the semi-finals of Grand Slam tournaments. For reaching the final, the 24-year-old American will compete with the winner of the match between Italian Yannick Sinner (11th seed) and Spaniard Carlos Alcaras (3).
