After three-and-a-half hours in sweltering Ohio heat Alexei Popyrin just ran out of gas in an epic Cincinnati Open third round tie with

Alexei Popyrin is beaten by world number 11 Andrey Rublev in the third round of the Cincinnati Open after a three-and-a-half-hour marathon match.

The Russian has avenged three recent losses en route to the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals—where Carlos Alcaraz awaits.

Top-seeded Alexander Zverev rallied to defeat No. 18 Alexei Popyrin of Australia 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3 on Monday to reach the semifinals of the National Bank Open.

The seeded pair of Andrey Rublev and Frances Tiafoe were tested over three sets before making their way into the fourth round of the ATP Toronto Masters on Friday.

Another shot at wiping away a disappointing 2024 defeat awaits next. Francisco Comesana, who shocked Rublev in the first round of last year’s Wimbledon, himself battled back to sink Reilly Opelka, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5.

Andrey Rublev recently expressed his dissatisfaction over the courts in at the ATP Masters 1000 in Toronto being faster than The post Andrey Rublev Believes Lack of Variety on Faster Courts Makes Tennis ‘Boring’ appeared first on FirstSportz.

Alexei Popyrin has a very special feeling with the Canadian Open, which takes place in Toronto in this edition. The Australian ace surprised the world in Montreal last season, when he won the first Masters 1000 title of his career by beating Russian star Andrey Rublev in the final.