us openAndrei Roeblev has qualified for the fourth round of the US Open at the expense of Denis Shapovalov. The ninth placed Russian defeated the Canadian in an exciting five-setter of 4 hours and 7 minutes with 4-6 6-2 7-6 (3) 4-6 7-6 (7). A tiebreak to ten points is played in the fifth set.
Roeblev failed to serve out the game in the deciding set at 5-4 and missed three game points on his own serve, but showed resilience in the remainder. In the super tiebreak he converted his fifth game point with a forehand that was too powerful for the Canadian.
The 24-year-old Roeblev – who has never made it past the quarterfinals in a grand slam – will take on Briton Cameron Norrie in the next round, who left Denmark’s Holger Rune with 7-5 6-4 6-1.
Third-seeded Carlos Alcaraz, in turn, had few problems with American Jenson Brooksby, who was defeated 6-3 6-3 6-3.
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