NEW YORK (AP) — Second-ranked Iga Swiatek rolled into the quarterfinals of by beating Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 6-1 on Monday.
Swiatek rallied from down 3-1 in the first set to win, less than 48 hours after coming back from down 5-1 early to beat Anna Kalinskaya.
“At the beginning, I felt like she was playing really fast,” Swiatek said after her fourth-round match against Alexandrova. “I wanted to find my rhythm, but later on I really felt like I was in my bubble and in my zone.”
Swiatek is set to face American Amanda Anisimova or Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil for a spot in the semifinals. The 24-year-old from Poland is seeking her second U.S. Open title and seventh in a Grand Slam.
Rublev is out of the US Open
On the men’s side, 25th-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced by defeating Andrey Rublev 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 in a match in Arthur Ashe Stadium that took just over two hours.
Rublev, seeded 15th, slammed his racket after losing a point in the second set. Auger-Aliassime at age 25 is in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the fourth time.
The between Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka followed on Ashe.
What else happened at the US Open on Monday?
Eighth-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur beat qualifier Leandro Riedi 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. He’s set to play Auger-Aliassime next. faces Alexander Bublik in the night session.
Who is on Tuesday’s schedule at the US Open?
faces Jiri Lehecka in one men’s quarterfinal. It’s American Taylor Fritz against four-time U.S. Open champion Novak Djokovic in the other, with the winners meeting in the semifinals Friday. In the women’s quarterfinals, plays Barbora Krejcikova, and top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka goes up against Marketa Vondrousova.
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