Russian Rublev rallies to beat Canadian Shapovalov in five sets at U.S. Open

NEW YORK –

Russian Andrey Rublev rallied to beat Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (7) in a tricky third-round males’s singles match Saturday on the U.S. Open.

Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., had 23 aces and 76 winners within the match, which lasted 4 hours seven minutes. However he additionally registered 72 unforced errors, in comparison with 38 for the ninth-seeded Rublev, who completed with 9 aces and 38 winners.

And whereas each gamers recorded 4 service breaks, Rublev did so in half as many possibilities as Shapovalov (9 in comparison with 17). Shapovalov went into the match because the final remaining Canadian in singles on the Grand Slam occasion.

Rublev broke Shapovalov for the fourth time to go forward 5-4 within the fifth set however the Canadian, after saving three match factors, registered his fourth service break to make it 5-5. The 2 then held serve to drive the deciding tiebreaker.

After falling behind 3-0, Shapovalov got here again to make it 3-3. Rublev went forward 5-3 with the Canadian once more coming again to make it 5-4.

Rublev went forward 8-4 and Shapovalov fought again to make it 8-6. And he did pull to inside 9-7 however that is as shut as Shapovalov would get.

Rublev and Shapovalov remained on serve via the opening 9 video games of the primary set earlier than Rublev transformed his first break try to safe the 6-4 victory. Shapovalov struggled together with his first serve (39 per cent) and did not convert both of his two break factors.

However the Canadian returned the favour within the second set, recording a pair of break factors en path to a commanding 5-1 benefit. After Rublev held serve, Shapovalov then did so for a 6-2 win to tie the match.

The Canadian improved his first serve to 51 per cent coming into the third set whereas having recorded seven aces in comparison with only one for Rublev.

The 2 went again to holding serve via the primary six video games of the third set to drive the tiebreaker. However the Canadian had the higher of it, securing the 7-3 victory for the 2-1 benefit.

However Rublev compelled a fifth and deciding set by taking the fourth 6-4. And whereas Shapovalov had fired 18 aces to that time — Rublev had 5 — the Canadian was solely at 52 per cent on his first serve (Rublev was at 60 per cent) and each gamers had registered three breaks, though Shapovalov had double the alternatives (14 to seven).

BASELINES: Earlier within the day, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and her companion Daria Saville of Russia, misplaced their second-round ladies’s doubles match 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-7(10) to Bernarda Pera of Croatia and Dalma Galfia of Hungary. … Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa is now the final Canadian standing at the united statesOpen in New York. She and ladies’s doubles companion Giuliana Olmos will play in Sunday’s Spherical of 16 towards Californians Ena Shibahara and Asia Muhammad.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Sept. 3, 2022.