NEW YORK (AP) — Second-ranked Iga Swiatek rolled into the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open 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.
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 much-anticipated showdown between Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka followed on Ashe.
Eighth-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur beat qualifier Leandro Riedi 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. He's set to play Auger-Aliassime next. Top-ranked Jannik Sinner faces Alexander Bublik in the night session.
Second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz 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, Jessica Pegula plays Barbora Krejcikova, and top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka goes up against Marketa Vondrousova.
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